ITCZ and ENSO-like pacing of Nile delta hydro-geomorphology during the Holocene

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 73-84

  Marriner, Nick ^a   Flaux, Clément ^b   Kaniewski, David ^c   Morhange, Christophe ^b   Leduc, Guillaume ^d   Moron, Vincent ^b,e   Chen, Zhongyuan ^f   Gasse, Françoise ^a   Empereur, Jean Yves ^g   Stanley, Jean Daniel ^h  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e Earth Institute   (United States)

^f EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g Centre d'études Alexandrines   (Egypt)

^h DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civilizations; Delta; ENSO; Holocene climate change; ITCZ; Nile

Indexed keywords

CIVILIZATIONS; DELTA; ENSO; HOLOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE; ITCZ; NILE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CATCHMENTS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CATCHMENT; CIVILIZATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DELTA; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; RIVER WATER; SEDIMENTATION; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; TIMESCALE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NILE VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84861470161     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.04.022     Document Type: Article

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