Depositional character and preservation potential of coarse-grained sediments deposited by flood events in hyper-arid braided channels in the Rift Valley, Arava, Israel

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 195, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 21-37

  Laronne, Jonathan B ^a   Shlomi, Yanai ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arid; Braided river; Flash flood; Gravel sedimentology; Stratification

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD DEPOSIT; GRAVEL; PRESERVATION; STRATIFICATION;

ARAVA VALLEY; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33846675262     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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