Toward a better understanding of palaeoclimatic regimes that recharged the fossil aquifers in North Africa: Inferences from stable isotope and remote sensing data

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 329-330, Issue , 2012, Pages 137-149

  Abouelmagd, Abdou ^a,c   Sultan, Mohamed ^a   Milewski, Adam ^a   Kehew, Alan E ^a   Sturchio, Neil C ^b   Soliman, Farouk ^c   Krishnamurthy, R V ^a   Cutrim, Elen ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Glacial and interglacial periods; Meteosat; Nubian Aquifer; Palaeowesterlies; Sahara Desert; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; INTERGLACIAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METEOSAT; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECHARGE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; WESTERLY;

EGYPT; NUBIAN AQUIFER; SAHARA;

EID: 84859268414     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.02.024     Document Type: Article

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