New insight on paleoriver development in the Nile basin of the eastern Sahara

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-40

  Abdelkareem, Mohamed ^a,b   Ghoneim, Eman ^c   El Baz, Farouk ^a   Askalany, Mohamed ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

African drift; Eastern Sahara; Nile; Paleodrainage

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN PLATE; DRAINAGE; MIOCENE; PALEOCHANNEL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; RAINFALL; RIVER CHANNEL;

NILE BASIN; SAHARA;

EID: 84860462458     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 18791956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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