Soil degradation in Kabd area, southwestern Kuwait City

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 403-415

  Misak, R F ^a   Al Awadhi, J M ^b   Omar, S A ^a   Shahid, S A ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Chemical properties; Compaction; Density; Infiltration; Soil; Strength; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INFILTRATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; POROSITY; VEGETATION;

LAND DEGRADATION;

SOILS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMPACTION; DESERT; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL PROPERTY; VEGETATION COVER;

KUWAIT;

EID: 0036744239     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.522     Document Type: Article

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