Paleoclimate record in the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 158-167

  Abouelmagd, Abdou ^a,b   Sultan, Mohamed ^a   Sturchio, Neil C ^c   Soliman, Farouk ^b   Rashed, Mohamed ^b   Ahmed, Mohamed ^a,b   Kehew, Alan E ^a   Milewski, Adam ^d   Chouinard, Kyle ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

14C adjusted model age; Noble gases; Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System (NSAS); Paleoclimate; Paleomonsoon; Paleowesterlies; Sinai Peninsula

Indexed keywords

14C ADJUSTED MODEL AGE; PALEOCLIMATES; PALEOMONSOON; PALEOWESTERLIES; SANDSTONE AQUIFER; SINAI PENINSULA;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; INERT GASES; ISOTOPES; SANDSTONE;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; CRETACEOUS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MONSOON; NOBLE GAS; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SANDSTONE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WESTERLY;

EGYPT; NUBIAN AQUIFER; SINAI;

EID: 84891836770     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2013.10.017     Document Type: Article

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