The fluvial evolution of the Holocene Nile Delta

BT Pennington, F Sturt, P Wilson, J Rowland… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
The evolution of the Nile Delta, the largest delta system in the Mediterranean Sea, has both
high palaeoenvironmental and archaeological significance. A dynamic model of the …

Timing and stepwise transitions of the African Humid Period from geochemical proxies in the Nile deep-sea fan sediments

G Ménot, S Pivot, I Bouloubassi, N Davtian… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Large fluvial systems, such as the Nile River, allow a basin-scale integrated view of
climatological and environmental changes. In this study, we reconstructed the Nile …

[图书][B] The Nile Basin: Quaternary geology, geomorphology and prehistoric environments

M Williams - 2019 - books.google.com
The Nile Basin contains a record of human activities spanning the last million years.
However, the interactions between prehistoric humans and environmental changes in this …

Climatic pacing of extreme Nile floods during the North African Humid Period

CL Blanchet, A Ramisch, R Tjallingii, M Ionita… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding how large river systems will respond to an invigorated hydrological cycle as
simulated under higher global temperatures is a pressing issue. Insights can be gained from …

Tracing water column euxinia in Eastern Mediterranean Sapropels S5 and S7

A Benkovitz, A Matthews, N Teutsch, SW Poulton… - Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Sapropels S5 and S7 formed in the semi-enclosed Eastern Mediterranean Sea (EMS)
during peak interglacial periods MIS5e and MIS7a, respectively, are considered among the …

Luminescence characteristics of quartz from Holocene delta deposits of the Yangtze River and their provenance implications

X Nian, W Zhang, F Qiu, J Qin, Z Wang, Q Sun… - Quaternary …, 2019 - Elsevier
The optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) sensitivity and OSL signal components of
quartz grains were used to investigate provenance changes of Holocene sediments from the …

Natural and human controls of the Holocene evolution of the beach, aeolian sand and dunes of Caesarea (Israel)

J Roskin, D Sivan, G Shtienberg, E Roskin, N Porat… - Aeolian Research, 2015 - Elsevier
The study focuses on the Holocene appearance, chronology and drivers of beach sand
deposition and inland aeolian sand transport around the Roman–Byzantine ruins of …

Shift away from Nile incision at Luxor~ 4,000 years ago impacted ancient Egyptian landscapes

J Peeters, A Graham, WHJ Toonen, BT Pennington… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Although the Nile is one of the largest rivers in the world and played a central role in ancient
Egyptian life, little is known about its response to climatic change during the Holocene. Here …

Divergent Mediterranean seawater circulation during Holocene sapropel formation–Reconstructed using Nd isotopes in fish debris and foraminifera

J Wu, K Pahnke, P Böning, L Wu, A Michard… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
The recurrent deposition of organic-rich sapropel layers in the eastern Mediterranean Sea
(EMS) has been attributed to deep-water stagnation and enhanced biological production …

Evidence for the presence of oxygen-depleted sapropel intermediate water across the Eastern Mediterranean during Sapropel S1

E Zirks, MD Krom, D Zhu, G Schmiedl… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2019 - ACS Publications
In the Eastern Mediterranean Sea (EMS), natural climate-driven changes that impacted its
physical circulation and created deep-water anoxia have led to periods of distinctive …