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- Title
Short contribution: Buried Canopic channel identified near Egypt's Nile delta coast with radar (SRTM) imagery.
- Authors
Stanley, Jean-Daniel; Jorstad, Thomas F.
- Abstract
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data, with ground-based geologic investigations, define the geographic position of the relict Canopic channel in Egypt's NW Nile delta. Two sinuous channel segments south of Abu Qir Bay are observed on a radar image: a more sinuous trace (36 km in length) west of Idku lagoon, and an eastern one (˜20 km), reaching the lagoon's southeast corner. Sediment cores recovered along channel traces show sand-rich deposits (to > 4 m thick) beneath the surface, in contrast with silty muds in areas away from channels. Historic and archaeological findings indicate that the Ptolemaic Roman city of Schedia once lay directly along the Canopic that channeled water from the 3rd to 2nd centuries B.C. until ˜5th century A.D., after which Nile water was displaced to the east via Bolbitic and, later, Rosetta branches. Identification of buried, but well-defined, Canopic channels provides baselines for renewed archaeological exploration in this delta sector. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
- Publication
Geoarchaeology, 2006, Vol 21, Issue 5, p503
- ISSN
0883-6353
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/gea.20117