Paleoenvironmental reconstruction and water balance of a mid-Pleistocene pluvial lake, Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 1154-1171

  Kieniewicz, Johanna M ^a   Smith, Jennifer R ^b  

^a DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER WATER; ARTESIAN; CARBONATE CONTENT; DRAINAGE BASIN; HUMID CLIMATES; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; LAKE SEDIMENTS; PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION; PLEISTOCENE; SHALLOW FRESHWATER; SPRING DEPOSITS; STEADY STATE; SURFACE DRAINAGE; WATER BALANCE; WATER DEPTH; WESTERN DESERT;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITS; LAKES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

WATER CONTENT;

DRAINAGE BASIN; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; OASIS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER DEPTH;

AFRICA; DAKHLA OASIS; EGYPT; NEW VALLEY; NORTH AFRICA; NUBIAN AQUIFER; WESTERN DESERT;

EID: 69949110833     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26301.1     Document Type: Article

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