Growth faults, a distinct carbonate-siliciclastic interface and recent coastal evolution, NW Nile delta, Egypt

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 21, Issue SPEC. ISS. 42, 2005, Pages 309-318

  Stanley, Jean Daniel ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Abu Qir Bay; Alexandria; Basin subsidence; Canopus; Carbonates; Delta facies; Depressed shelf platform; Earthquakes; Growth faults; Herakleion; Holocene; Joint structures; Kurkar; Nile River; Pleistocene; Quartz; Seismic profiles

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EVOLUTION; DELTA; GROWTH FAULT; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EGYPT; NILE DELTA; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

CANOPUS;

EID: 22444440122     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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