Constant cosmogenic nuclide concentrations in sand supplied from the Nile River over the past 2.5 m.y.

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 359-362

  Davis, Michael ^a   Matmon, Ari ^a   Rood, Dylan H ^b   Avnaim Katav, Simona ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COASTAL PLAIN; COMBINED EFFECT; COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; LATE PLEISTOCENE; LONGSHORE CURRENTS; QUARTZ GRAINS; QUARTZ SAND; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS;

BUFFER STORAGE; ISOTOPES; QUARTZ; RIVERS;

SAND;

COASTAL PLAIN; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; EOLIAN PROCESS; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; QUARTZ; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

NILE RIVER;

EID: 84861391633     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32574.1     Document Type: Article

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