Holocene depositional patterns and evolution in Alexandria's Eastern Harbor, Egypt

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 283-297

  Stanley, Jean Daniel ^a   Bernasconi, Maria Pia ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alexandria; Ancient ports; Biofacies; Correlation; Geoarcheology; Heptastadion; Hiatus; Human impact; Kurkar; Ptolomies; Radiocarbon dates; Sediment failure; Stratigraphy; Transport processes; Vibracores

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; HOLOCENE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEDIMENT CORE;

AFRICA; ALEXANDRIA [EGYPT]; EASTERN HARBOUR; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 33645689089     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/04-0348.1     Document Type: Article

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