Causes and consequences of desertification in Kuwait: A case study of land degradation

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-115

  Al Awadhi, Jasem M ^a   Misak, Raafat F ^b   Omar, Samira S ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Degradation; Desertification; Kuwait; Soil; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; VEGETATION;

NON-COMPACTED SOILS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DESERTIFICATION; LAND DEGRADATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; VEGETATION COVER; WAR;

KUWAIT;

EID: 0037523322     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-002-0175-0     Document Type: Article

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