The modern Nile sediment system: Processes and products

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 130, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-56

  Garzanti, Eduardo ^a   Andò, Sergio ^a   Padoan, Marta ^a   Vezzoli, Giovanni ^a   El Kammar, Ahmed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anorogenic Volcanic provenance; Continental block provenance; Erosion rates and sediment budgets; Geochemistry and chemical weathering; Heavy minerals and hydraulic sorting; Long distance littoral transport; Sediment mixing and recycling; Sedimentary petrology and provenance models

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CATCHMENTS; EROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IGNEOUS ROCKS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALS; MIXING; PETROGRAPHY; RECYCLING; RIVERS; SAND; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TITANIUM OXIDES; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES; WEATHERING;

ANOROGENIC VOLCANIC PROVENANCE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONTINENTAL BLOCKS; HYDRAULIC SORTING; LONG-DISTANCE LITTORAL TRANSPORT; PROVENANCE MODELS; SEDIMENT BUDGETS;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 84949317229     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.07.011     Document Type: Article

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