Geomorphic indicators of Holocene winds in Egypt's Western Desert

Geomorphology

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 155-166

  Brookes, Ian A ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeolian geomorphology; Egypt; Holocene; Palaeoclimate; Palaeowinds; Sahara

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HOLOCENE; WIND DIRECTION;

EGYPT; WESTERN DESERT;

EID: 0242658890     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(03)00076-X     Document Type: Article

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