Particle-size fractionation of eolian sand along the Sinai-Negev erg of Egypt and Israel

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 47-65

  Roskin, Joel ^a   Katra, Itzhak ^a   Blumberg, Dan G ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLES; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LAST GLACIAL PERIOD; LATE PLEISTOCENE; PARTICLE SIZE FRACTIONATION; SAND PROVENANCES; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; VEGETATION COVER;

SAND;

DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; ERG; FRACTIONATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PARTICLE SIZE; SAND;

EGYPT; ISRAEL; NEGEV; SINAI; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 84987623752     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30811.1     Document Type: Article

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