Journal article
Desert flash floods form hyperpycnal flows in the coral-rich Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea
Abstract
Running rivers are very scarce in globally distributed hyperarid and arid coastlines (∼28,000 km worldwide), and it is ephemeral rivers that carry most terrestrial sediment into the sea in these regions. However, there is very little information regarding the contribution of terrestrial sediment and dynamics of transport of sediment that enter marine basins from these rivers. One hyperarid region, the Gulf of Aqaba received an exceptional …
Authors
Katz T; Ginat H; Eyal G; Steiner Z; Braun Y; Shalev S; Goodman-Tchernov BN
Journal
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 417, , pp. 87–98
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
May 2015
DOI
10.1016/j.epsl.2015.02.025
ISSN
0012-821X