Late Quaternary floods and droughts in the Nile valley, Sudan: new evidence from optically stimulated luminescence and AMS radiocarbon dating

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 1116-1137

  Williams, M A J ^a   Williams, F M ^a   Duller, G A T ^b   Munro, R N ^c   El Tom, O A M ^d   Barrows, T T ^e   Macklin, M ^b   Woodward, J ^f   Talbot, M R ^g   Haberlah, D ^a   Fluin, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Old Abbey Associates   (United Kingdom)

^d Agricultural Research and Technology Corporation   (Sudan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FANS; AMS RADIOCARBON DATING; BEACH RIDGE; FLOOD DISCHARGE; HIGH-ENERGY FLOWS; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; HOLOCENES; LATE PLEISTOCENE; LATE QUATERNARY; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE;

LUMINESCENCE; SOIL CONSERVATION;

BEACHES;

ALLUVIAL FAN; BEACH RIDGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; ENERGY FLOW; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOFLOOD; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SHELL;

NILE VALLEY;

EID: 77950691452     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.02.018     Document Type: Article

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