The modern Nile sediment system: Processes and products

E Garzanti, S Andò, M Padoan, G Vezzoli… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
We trace compositional changes of Nile sediments for 7400 km, from their sources in
equatorial rift highlands of Burundi and Rwanda to their sink in the Mediterranean Sea. All …

[HTML][HTML] Diagenetic control on mineralogical suites in sand, silt, and mud (Cenozoic Nile Delta): Implications for provenance reconstructions

E Garzanti, S Andò, M Limonta, L Fielding… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract This Nile Delta case study provides quantitative information on a process that we
must understand and consider in full before attempting provenance interpretation of ancient …

Aerial transport of bacteria by dust plumes in the Eastern Mediterranean revealed by complementary rRNA/rRNA-gene sequencing

BA Erkorkmaz, D Gat, Y Rudich - Communications earth & environment, 2023 - nature.com
Processes influencing the transport of airborne bacterial communities in the atmosphere are
poorly understood. Here, we report comprehensive and quantitative evidence of the key …

Soil erosion by wind and dust emission in semi-arid soils due to agricultural activities

I Katra - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Many soils throughout the world are currently associated with soil erosion by wind and dust
emissions. Dust emission processes have major implications for loss of soil resources (such …

Accumulation of aeolian sediments around the Tengger Desert during the late Quaternary and its implications on interpreting chronostratigraphic records from …

J Peng, X Wang, G Yin, G Adamiec, J Du… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Chronostratigraphic records in the drylands of north China provide essential archives to
reveal the dynamic connections between climate changes and behaviours of aeolian …

Aeolian-fluvial processes control landscape evolution along dunefield margins of the northwestern Negev (Israel) since the late Quaternary

L Robins, J Roskin, L Yu, R Bookman… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Dunefield margins are sensitive to aeolian-fluvial processes that record local environmental
conditions and climatic events. A common aeolian-fluvial process along dunefield margins is …

Geomorphic, environmental, and archeological significance of Last Glacial Maximum to middle Holocene dune damming, northwestern Negev dunefield margin, Israel

L Robins, J Roskin, O Marder, L Edeltin, LP Yu… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aeolian-Fluvial (AF) stratigraphic sequences record the bilateral impact of aeolian and
fluvial systems upon each other. Along dunefield margins, AF sequences document shifts …

Low dust generation potential from active sand grains by wind abrasion

N Swet, JF Kok, Y Huang, H Yizhaq… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Wind‐driven dust emission has a major impact on many environmental and socioeconomic
issues such as climate change, soil loss, biogeochemical cycles, and air pollution. It is …

Can active sands generate dust particles by wind-induced processes?

N Swet, T Elperin, JF Kok, RL Martin, H Yizhaq… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Mineral dust emission is a major process in determining the global dust cycle. At a global
scale there is still uncertainty about the absolute and relative contribution of dust from …

[HTML][HTML] A clay-based geopolymer in loess soil stabilization

N Hanegbi, I Katra - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Soil erosion has environmental and socioeconomic significances. Loess soils cover about
10% of the global land area. Most of these soils are subjected to increased land uses such …