PALEODRAINAGES OF THE EASTERN SAHARA - THE RADAR RIVERS REVISITED (SIR - A/B IMPLICATIONS FOR A MID - TERTIARY TRANS - AFRICAN DRAINAGE SYSTEM).
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
- By:
- John F. McCauley, Carlos S. Breed, Gerald G. Schaber, William P. McHugh, Bahay Issawi, C. Vance Haynes, Maurice J. Grolier, and Ali El Kilani
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Abstract
A complex history of Cenozoic fluvial activity in the presently hyperarid eastern Sahara is inferred from Shuttle Imaging Radar (SIR) data and postflight field investigations in southwest Egypt and northwest Sudan. SIR images were coregistered with Landsat and existing maps as a guide to exploration of the buried paleodrainages (radar rivers) first discovered by SIR-A. Field observations explain the radar responses of three types of radar rivers: RR-1, RR-2, and RR-3. A generalized model of the radar rivers, based on field studies and regional geologic relations, shows apparent changes in river regimen since the large valleys were established during the late Paleogene-early Neogene eras. SIR-based mapping of these paleodrainages, although incomplete, reveals missing links in an area once thought to be devoid of master streams.Additional publication details
- Publication type:
- Article
- Publication Subtype:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- PALEODRAINAGES OF THE EASTERN SAHARA - THE RADAR RIVERS REVISITED (SIR - A/B IMPLICATIONS FOR A MID - TERTIARY TRANS - AFRICAN DRAINAGE SYSTEM).
- Series title:
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
- Volume:
- GE-24
- Issue:
- 4
- Year Published:
- 1986
- Language:
- English
- Larger Work Type:
- Article
- Larger Work Subtype:
- Journal Article
- Larger Work Title:
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
- First page:
- 624
- Last page:
- 648