Nile floods recorded in deep Mediterranean sediments

Quaternary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 382-391

  Ducassou, Emmanuelle ^a   Mulder, Thierry ^a   Migeon, Sébastien ^b   Gonthier, Eliane ^a   Murat, Anne ^c   Revel, Marie ^b   Capotondi, Lucilla ^d   Bernasconi, Stefano M ^e   Mascle, Jean ^b   Zaragosi, Sébastien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c Cnam Intechmer   (France)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Convective sedimentation; Eastern Mediterranean; Flood related deposits; Nile floods; Pluvial periods; Sapropels

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; SAPROPEL; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIFICATION; TURBIDITE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

EID: 54849424516     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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