DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.06.017
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85021980719
论文题名: The fluvial evolution of the Holocene Nile Delta
作者: Pennington B.T. ; Sturt F. ; Wilson P. ; Rowland J. ; Brown A.G.
刊名: Quaternary Science Reviews
ISSN: 2773791
出版年: 2017
卷: 170 起始页码: 212
结束页码: 231
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Deltas
; Fluvial
; Geomorphology
; Holocene
; Lagoons & swamps
; Lakes
; Middle east
; Nile
; Palaeogeography
; Sedimentology
Scopus关键词: Geomorphology
; Lakes
; Sea level
; Stratigraphy
; Deltas
; Fluvial
; Holocenes
; Middle East
; Nile
; Palaeogeography
; Sedimentology
英文摘要: 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 landscape evolution of this delta system is presented for the period c.8000–4500 cal BP. Analysis of sedimentary data and chronostratigraphic information contained within 1640 borehole records has allowed for a redefinition of the internal stratigraphy of the Holocene delta, and the construction of a four-dimensional landscape model for the delta's evolution through time. The mid-Holocene environmental evolution is characterised by a transition from an earlier set of spatially varied landscapes dominated by swampy marshland, to better-drained, more uniform floodplain environments. Archaeologically important Pleistocene inliers in the form of sandy hills protruding above the delta plain surface (known as “turtlebacks”), also became smaller as the delta plain continued to aggrade, while the shoreline and coastal zone prograded north. These changes were forced by a decrease in the rate of relative sea-level rise under high rates of sediment-supply. This dynamic environmental evolution needs to be integrated within any discussion of the contemporary developments in the social sphere, which culminated in the emergence of the Ancient Egyptian State c.5050 cal BP. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/59149
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作者单位: Geography & Environment, University of Southampton, United Kingdom; Archaeology, University of Southampton, United Kingdom; Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, United Kingdom; School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Recommended Citation:
Pennington B.T.,Sturt F.,Wilson P.,et al. The fluvial evolution of the Holocene Nile Delta[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews,2017-01-01,170