Event stratigraphy, paleoenvironment and chronology of SE Arabian deserts

Quaternary Science Reviews - Tập 21 Số 7 - Trang 853-869 - 2002
K. W. Glennie1, A.K. Singhvi2
1Department of Geology & Petroleum Geology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB9 2UE, UK
2Earth Science Division, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, 380 009, India

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