Precipitation Source Inferred from Stable Isotopic Composition of Pleistocene Groundwater and Carbonate Deposits in the Western Desert of Egypt

Quaternary Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-37

  Sultan, Mohamed ^a   Sturchio, Neil ^a   Hassan, Fekri A ^b   Hamdan, Mohamed Abdel Rahman ^c   Mahmood, Abdel Moneim ^d   El Alfy, Zeinhom ^e   Stein, Tom ^f  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority   (Egypt)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUBIAN;

CARBONATE DEPOSIT; CONDENSATION; FOSSIL GROUNDWATER; OCEANIC AIR MASS; PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION SOURCE;

EGYPT, WESTERN DESERT;

EID: 0031422674     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1997.1907     Document Type: Article

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