Preliminary assessment of the impact of draining of Iraqi marshes on Kuwait's northern marine environment. Part I. Physical manipulation

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 75-87

  Al Ghadban, Abdul Nabi ^a   Saeed, T ^a   Al Dousari, A M ^a   Al Shemmari, H ^a   Al Mutairi, M ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Draining of marshes; Kuwait's northern areas; Sedimentological characteristic; Shatt Al Arab

Indexed keywords

DRAINING; MARSHES; MUD;

CLAY; ESTUARIES; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SAND; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SILT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

SEA WATER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTUARY; HYDRODYNAMICS; IRAQ; KUWAIT; LAND USE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032702651     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00586-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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