Distinguishing fluvio-marine environments in the Nile delta using heavy minerals

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 970-980

  Frihy, O E ^a   El Askary, M A ^b   Deghidy, E M ^c   Moufaddal, W M ^c  

^a Coastal Research Institute ^*  (Egypt)

^b Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Coastal sediments; Depositional environments; Heavy minerals

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL PROCESS; HEAVY MINERAL; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EGYPT;

EID: 0031857739     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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