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Rasul, N.M.A., Stewart, I.C.F., Bailey, G.N., Nawab, Z.A. (2019). Introduction to Geology, Palaeoenvironment and Archaeology of the Red Sea. In: Rasul, N., Stewart, I. (eds) Geological Setting, Palaeoenvironment and Archaeology of the Red Sea. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99408-6_1
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