The Suq al Jum'ah Palaeowadi, an Example of a Plio-Quaternary Palaeo-valley from the Jabal Nafusah, Northwest Libya

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Ghellali, S. M., et Anketell, J. M. 1990. « The Suq Al Jum’ah Palaeowadi, an Example of a Plio-Quaternary Palaeo-Valley from the Jabal Nafusah, Northwest Libya ». Libyan Studies 22: 1-6. doi:10.1017/S0263718900001552, bibliographie, consulté le 9 mai 2025, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/27834

Titre: The Suq al Jum'ah Palaeowadi, an Example of a Plio-Quaternary Palaeo-valley from the Jabal Nafusah, Northwest Libya
Auteur: Ghellali, S. M. Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur; Anketell, J. M. Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
Date: 1991
Dans: Libyan Studies Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
Résumé: Study of borehole data in the foothill region of the Jabal Nafusah shows that the Suq al Jum'ah palaeowadi, which cuts the jabal east of Gharyan, comprised a major drainage channel which extended in the subsurface far out from the jabal into the southern part of the Jifarah Plain. The channel is filled with sands and gravels. Basalt lava flows, channelled along the valley in outcrop for 36 km, extend for a further 48 km in the subsurface. The palaeowadi was possibly initiated in the Pliocene and appears to have been completely filled and abandoned by the end of the Pleistocene. During Holocene rejuvenation of the drainage system, the Wadi al Majanin developed as the major wadi in the region. It did not, however, excavate the palaeowadi but instead followed a different but roughly parallel northward trend.
Sujet: Archéologie -- Djebel Nefousa Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
Langue: eng
volume: 22
pages: 1-6
Titre abrégé: Libyan stud.
doi: 10.1017/S0263718900001552
issn: 0263-7189, 2052-6148
uri: https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0263718900001552/type/journal_article

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