Pleistocene evolution of the Nile Valley in northern Upper Egypt

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 22-24, 2007, Pages 2883-2896

  Zaki, Rafat ^a  

^a Minia University ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIMESTONE; SAND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

CONGLOMERATES; PLEISTOCENE EVOLUTION; SURFACE TEXTURAL FEATURES;

RIVERS;

CONGLOMERATE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTATION;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NILE VALLEY; NORTH AFRICA;

MEASLES VIRUS;

EID: 36549034281     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.06.032     Document Type: Article

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