Human-induced sedimentological changes in Manzala Lagoon, Nile Delta, Egypt

Environmental Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 235-258

  Randazzo, G ^a   Stanley, D J ^b   Di Geronimo, S I ^c   Amore, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Delta lagoons; Fish resources; Manzala Lagoon; Nile Delta; Pollution; Waste water

Indexed keywords

PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WASTEWATER; WETLANDS;

DELTA LAGOONS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL LAGOON; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION;

EGYPT;

EID: 0032422952     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050340     Document Type: Article

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