The role of salt weathering in the origin of the Qattara Depression, Western Desert, Egypt

Geomorphology

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 181-195

  Aref, M A M ^a   El Khoriby, E ^b   Hamdan, M A ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Disintegration; Egypt; Excavation; Halite; Qattara Depression

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; GROUNDWATER; HALITE; SALINITY; SALT; WEATHERING;

EGYPT;

EID: 0036288131     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(01)00152-0     Document Type: Article

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