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Tsunami event identified in a sedimentary record of the Gaza Strip, PalestineJournal title
Studia QuaternariaYearbook
2021Volume
vol. 38Issue
No 1Affiliation
Ubeid, Khalid Fathi : Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Al Azhar University-Gaza, P.O. Box 1277, Gaza Strip, PalestineAuthors
Keywords
tsunami ; sedimentology ; pottery shard ; rip-up clast ; Gaza StripDivisions of PAS
Nauki o ZiemiCoverage
43-51Publisher
Committee for Quaternary Research PAS ; Institute of Geological Sciences PASBibliography
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2021.04.08Type
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DOI: 10.24425/sq.2021.136823Source
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