Nile Delta: The Defunct Pelusiac Branch Identified
- 6 April 1973
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 180 (4081) , 59-61
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.180.4081.59
Abstract
The course of the ancient Pelusiac branch of the Nile River has been traced on a deltaic plain east of the Suez Canal, between the El Baqar Canal and Tell el Farama (ancient Pelusium). Two minor distributaries branched northward. The critical stage in the process of the silting up of the lower reaches of the Pelusiac branch, due to prograding beach accretion, occurred around A.D. 25. Ancient ruins in the area are closely associated with the courses.Keywords
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