Nile delta

Stanley. (1996). Nile delta: extreme case of sediment entrapment on a delta plain and consequent coastal land loss.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1996

ISSN

0025-3227

DOI

10.1016/0025-3227(96)83344-5

DOI registrant

Elsevier

Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-3227(96)83344-5

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1 citation across 1 artifact.

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Domain-specific

• Sediment Budget
  • The Nile Delta's chronic erosion since the Aswan High Dam (built 1960–1970) trapped roughly 98% of the Nile's sediment load

    This sourceArgues that near-complete entrapment of Nile sediment in the delta plain's irrigation and drainage network, on top of Lake Nasser behind the High Dam, drives coastal land loss.

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