Nile sediment dispersal altered by the Aswan High Dam: The kaolinite trace

Marine Geology

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-9

  Stanley, Daniel Jean ^a   Wingerath, Jonathan G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAM; KAOLINITE; RIVER SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EGYPT, NILE RIVER;

EID: 0030176957     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(96)00019-9     Document Type: Article

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