A Land Between Two Niles: Quaternary geology and biology of the Central Sudan / Edition 1

by Martin A.J. Williams, D.A. Adamson

Overview

Contents: Alluvial history: Geology, groundwater hydrology, vegetation, soils & palaeoecology. Maps, figs., photos.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789061910961
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/01/1982
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Martin A.J. Williams (Edited by) , D.A. Adamson (Edited by) Macquarie University, Australia

Table of Contents

1 Alluvium and agriculture in the semi-arid world 2 Quaternary environments in Northern Africa 3 Palaeobotanical speculations and Quaternary environments in the Sudan 4 Geology of the central Sudan 5 Stratigraphy and ground-water geology of the Gezira Plain, central Sudan 6 The plains of the central and southern Sudan 7 Landforms and soils of the Gezira: A Quaternary legacy of the Blue and White Nile rivers 8 The vegetation of the central Sudan 9 Palaeogeography of the Gezira and of the lower Blue and White Nile valleys 10 The integrated Nile