A comparative analysis of nebkhas in central Tunisia and northern Burkina Faso

Geomorphology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-192

  Tengberg, Anna ^a   Chen, Deliang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Land degradation; Nebkhas; Sahel; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

LAND DEGRADATION; NEBKHA MORPHOLOGY; VEGETATION;

BURKINA FASO; TUNISIA;

EID: 0031748802     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(97)00068-8     Document Type: Article

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