Sand dune stabilization in the Thar desert of India: A synthesis

Annals of Arid Zone

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 225-240

  Kaul, R N ^a  

^a NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Biological stabilization; Chemical stabilization; Dune ecology; Physical stabilization; Thar desert

Indexed keywords

POACEAE;

EID: 0030328118     PISSN: 05701791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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