Evolution of sand dune patterns in space and time in north-western Kuwait using Landsat images

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-24

  Al Dabi, H ^a   Koch, M ^b   Al Sarawi, M ^a   El Baz, F ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aeolian deposits; Landstat images; sand dunes; sand sheets; surface geomorphology

Indexed keywords

DESERT; GULF WAR; LANDSAT TM; SAND DUNE PATTERN; SATELLITE IMAGE; TOPOGRAPHIC DISRUPTION;

KUWAIT, AL-HUWAIMI;

EID: 0031006001     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0230     Document Type: Article

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