Extreme Nile floods and famines in Medieval Egypt (AD 930-1500) and their climatic implications

Quaternary International

Volumn 173-174, Issue SUPPL., 2007, Pages 101-112

  Hassan, Fekri A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DISCHARGE; FAMINE; FLOOD; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; NILE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 34548415464     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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