Reconstruction of lake-level and climate changes in Lake Qarun, Egypt, during the last 7000 years

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 318-327

  Baioumy, Hassan M ^a   Kayanne, Hajime ^b   Tada, Ryuji ^b  

^a CENTRAL METALLURGICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE CMRDI   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate changes; Egypt; Lake level; Lake Qarun; Lithology

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAKES; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SILT; WATER LEVELS;

CLIMATIC CHANGES; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUMID CONDITIONS; INTERMEDIATE CONDITIONS; LAKE LEVELS; PLANKTONIC DIATOMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIATOM; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITHOFACIES; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLANKTON; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILT; WATER LEVEL;

BIRKET QARUN; EGYPT; FAIYUM [EGYPT]; NILE RIVER;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 79952814758     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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