Patterns of erosion/sedimentation, heavy mineral concentration and grain size to interpret boundaries of littoral sub-cells of the Nile Delta, Egypt

Marine Geology

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 27-43

  Frihy, Omran E ^a   Dewidar, Khalid M ^b  

^a Coastal Research Institute ^*  (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Heavy minerals; Littoral cells; Mediterranean; Nile Delta; Seabed erosion; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

HEAVY MINERALS; SEAFLOOR MORPHOLOGY;

COASTAL ZONES; EROSION; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TEXTURES;

SEDIMENTS;

EROSION; GRAIN SIZE; HEAVY METAL; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NILE DELTA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 1642352882     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00145-2     Document Type: Article

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