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The cyclic nature of Late Quaternary Nile Cone sediments is a response to major climatic oscillations, including marked changes in sea level, Nile River discharge and sediment influx and water mass stratification. Deposits have accumulated most rapidly north-west of the Nile Rosetta Branch since the Early Würm. A broad area of low sedimentation on the Cone, initiated during the Holocene sea-level rise, is predicted to increase in size as a result of the Aswan High Dam and modification of Nile River flow.
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Stanley, D., Maldonado, A. Nile Cone: Late Quaternary stratigraphy and sediment dispersal. Nature 266, 129–135 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/266129a0
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