Late Pleistocene aeolian and fluvial interactions in the development of the Nizzana dune field, Negev Desert, Israel

Sedimentology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 507-518

  Harrison, J B J ^a,b   Yair, A ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN SEDIMENT; DUNE FIELD; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; PLEISTOCENE;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0031751867     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1998.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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