Geohazard assessment of sand dunes between Jeddah and Al-Lith, western Saudi Arabia

Environmental Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 360-369

  Al Harthi, Abbas Aifan ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arid environments; Barchan dune; Geohazards; Sand dunes; Western Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IGNEOUS ROCKS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SAND; STORMS;

GEOHAZARDS;

HEALTH HAZARDS;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BARCHAN; DUNE FIELD; HEIGHT; NATURAL HAZARD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WIND DIRECTION;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0036664202     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-001-0501-z     Document Type: Article

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