Developing a framework of Quaternary dune accumulation in the northern Rub' al-Khali, Arabia

Quaternary International

Volumn 382, Issue , 2015, Pages 132-144

  Farrant, Andrew R ^a   Duller, Geoff A T ^b   Parker, Adrian G ^c   Roberts, Helen M ^b   Parton, Ash ^d   Knox, Robert W O ^a   Bide, Thomas ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabia; Dunes; Monsoon; OSL dating; Palaeoclimate; United arab emirates

Indexed keywords

DUNE; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION MIGRATION; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY;

AFRICA; ARABIAN PENINSULA; EURASIA; RUB AL KHALI;

EID: 84941808213     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.02.022     Document Type: Article

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