Paleolandscape and paleoenvironmental interpretation of spring-deposited sediments in Dakhleh Oasis, Western Desert of Egypt

Catena

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-22

  Adelsberger, Katherine A ^a   Smith, Jennifer R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bog iron; Egypt; Groundwater; Paleolithic; Pluvial deposits; Spring mound

Indexed keywords

BOG; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GOETHITE; IRON; JAROSITE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MARL; OASIS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLITHIC; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPRING WATER; SURFACE WATER; TUFA; WATER RESOURCE; WETLAND;

DAKHLA OASIS; EGYPT; NEW VALLEY; NUBIAN AQUIFER; SAHARA; WESTERN DESERT;

EID: 77956012787     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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