The role of the Nile in initiating a massive dust influx to the Negev late in the middle Pleistocene

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 873-889

  Amit, Rivka ^a   Enzel, Yehouda ^b   Crouvi, Onn ^a,b   Simhai, Ori ^a,b   Matmon, Ari ^b   Porat, Naomi ^a   McDonald, Eric ^c   Gillespie, Alan R ^d  

^a Geological Survey of Israel   (Italy)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSE SILT; EUSTATIC SEA LEVEL; MARINE OXYGEN ISOTOPES; NEGEV DESERT; NILE DELTA; PLEISTOCENE;

ARID REGIONS; DUST; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; OXYGEN; QUARTZ; SEA LEVEL;

SILT;

DUNE; DUST; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EUSTACY; GEOACCUMULATION; GLACIAL EROSION; INTERGLACIAL; PLEISTOCENE; SALTATION; SAND; WIND FORCING;

EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT; ISRAEL; NEGEV; SAHARA; SINAI; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 79953798147     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30241.1     Document Type: Article

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