Record of Holocene aridification (6000-7000BP) in Egypt (NE Africa): Authigenic carbonate minerals from laminated sediments in Lake Qarun

Quaternary International

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 170-177

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

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIDIFICATION; AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; CARBONATE GROUP; CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIRKET QARUN; EGYPT; FAIYUM [EGYPT];

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 82455209424     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.05.021     Document Type: Article

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