Soil compaction and sealing in Al-Salmi area, Western Kuwait

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 401-418

  Al Dousari, A M ^a   Misak, R ^a   Shahid, S ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Compaction; Infiltration rate; Satellite images; Soil strength

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; LAND DEGRADATION; MAPPING; SEALING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CRUST;

KUWAIT;

EID: 0033733476     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-145X(200009/10)11:5<401::AID-LDR396>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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