Environmental sensitivity analysis of potential oil spill for Ras-Mohammed coastal zone, Egypt

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 502-510

  Abdel Kader, A F ^a   Nasr, S M ^b   El Gamily, H I ^b   El Raey, M ^b  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Coastal hazard; Coral reefs; Environmental pollution; GIS; Oil spill; Red Sea; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL REGION; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONEMTNAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY; GIS; MAPPING; OIL SPILL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGE; SOIL SPILL;

EGYPT, RAS-MOHAMMED NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0031956383     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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