Nile River sediment fluctuations over the past 7000 yr and their key role in sapropel development

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-74

  Krom, Michael D ^a   Stanley, J Daniel ^a   Cliff, Robert A ^a   Woodward, Jamie C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

87Sr 86Sr; Nile catchment; Paleoclimate; Primary productivity; Sapropels; Sediment provenance

Indexed keywords

SAPROPELS;

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; EROSION; FLOODS; PHOSPHATES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

GEOLOGY;

PALEOCLIMATE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROVENANCE; QUATERNARY; SAPROPEL; SEDIMENTATION;

EGYPT;

EID: 84879879134     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0071:NRSFOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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