A Siliciclastic Coastal Sabkha, Red Sea Coast, Saudi Arabia
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of King Abdulaziz University-Marine Sciences
سال: 1991
ISSN: 1012-8840,1658-4325
DOI: 10.4197/mar.2-1.5