Geophysical surveys to investigate the relation between the Quaternary Nile channels and the Messinian Nile canyon at East Nile Delta, Egypt

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-67

  Mahmoudi, Ahmed El ^a   Gab, Amir ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Buried channels; Geoelectric resistivity; Messinian; Nile Delta; Nile Delta branches; Quaternary; Seismic reflection

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957968575     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-008-0018-9     Document Type: Article

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