Evidence for Pleistocene lakes in the Tushka region, south Egypt

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1135-1138

  Maxwell, Ted A ^a   Issawi, Bahay ^b   Haynes Jr , C Vance ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b Consulting Geologist ^*  (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AFRICA; HOLOCENES; LAKE LEVELS; LATE TERTIARY; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PALEODRAINAGE; PLEISTOCENE; RED SEA; SPACE SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSIONS;

ISOTOPES; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SPACE SHUTTLES; TRACKING RADAR;

LAKES;

DRAINAGE; HOLOCENE; LAKE LEVEL; NEOLITHIC; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; TERTIARY;

ASWAN [EGYPT]; EGYPT; NILE RIVER; TUSHKA BASIN;

EID: 78650104137     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31320.1     Document Type: Article

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