Source of the aeolian dune sand of Toshka area, southeastern Western Desert, Egypt

Aeolian Research

Volumn 17, Issue , 2015, Pages 275-289

  Hamdan, M A ^a   Refaat, A A ^a   Abu Anwar, E ^b   Shallaly, N A ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Dune sand; Egypt; Sedimentology; Toshka; Western Desert

Indexed keywords

BARCHAN; DUNE FORMATION; EOLIAN PROCESS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN SIZE; MINERALOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TEXTURE;

EGYPT; WESTERN DESERT;

EID: 84937849698     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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