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Early Holocene Basinal Sediments of the Dakhleh Oasis Region, South Central Egypt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Ian A. Brookes
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Abstract

Twenty samples of artifactual ostrich eggshell and hearth charcoal, firmly to loosely associated with basinal lacustrine, playa, and sand sheet sediments in the Dakhleh Oasis region of south-central Egypt, yield radiocarbon ages between ca. 8800 and ca. 4700 yr B.P. The sediments record variable sedimentary responses to an early Holocene pluvial interval in this virtually rainless region. Differences of hydrogeology and morphometry among and within basin types complicate paleoclimatic interpretation.

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Quaternary Research , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , September 1989 , pp. 139 - 152
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University of Washington

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