Clay mineral distributions to interpret Nile cell provenance and dispersal: III. Offshore margin between Nile delta and northern Israel

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 196-217

  Stanley, Daniel Jean ^a   Nir, Yaacov ^b   Galili, Ehud ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aswan High Dam; Bardawil lagoon; Clay minerals; Coastal erosion; Egyptian shelf; Gaza; Israeli rivers; Israeli shelf; Levant margin; Mediterranean; Nile delta; Nile littoral cell; Sediment dispersal; Sinai margin; Suspended load; Wadi El Arish

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; COASTAL EROSION; DELTA DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTATIONDELAT DYNAMICS;

MEDITERRANEAN, NILE DELTA;

EID: 0031934571     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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