Environmental change in Northern Egyptian Delta lakes during the late Holocene, based on diatom analysis

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 273-299

  Zalat, Abdelfattah ^a   Vildary, Simone Servant ^b  

^a Tanta University   (Egypt)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Diatoms; Egyptian lakes; Holocene sediments

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CORE ANALYSIS; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MACROPHYTE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT CORE;

AFRICA; BEHEIRA; EGYPT; KAFR ASH SHAYKA; LAKE BURULLUS; LAKE EDKU; LAKE MANZALA; NILE DELTA; NORTH AFRICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33846445358     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-006-9029-2     Document Type: Article

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