Evolution of a Pharaonic harbor on the Red Sea: Implications for coastal response to changes in sea level and climate

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 687-690

  Hein, Christopher J ^a   FitzGerald, Duncan M ^a   Milne, Glenn A ^b   Bard, Kathryn ^a   Fattovich, Rodolfo ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Università di Napoli l'Orientale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EMBAYMENTS; COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL SYSTEMS; COMPLEX INTERACTION; EGYPTIAN TRADE; EGYPTIANS; FAR-FIELD EFFECT; HOLOCENES; HUMID PERIODS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE HOLOCENE; PROGRADATION; RED SEA; RED SEA COAST; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY PROCESS; SHALLOW BAY; TEMPORAL SHIFTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL EVOLUTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

EGYPT; RED SEA COAST;

EID: 79960052361     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31928.1     Document Type: Article

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