Dust variability and land degradation in the Sahel;Variabilité de la poussière et dégradation des sols au Sahel

BELGEO

Volumn , Issue 2, 2002, Pages 195-209

  Ozer, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Desertification; Dust production; Indicator; Sahel; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DEFLATION; DESERTIFICATION; DROUGHT; DUST; LAND DEGRADATION; WIND EROSION;

AFRICA; SAHEL;

EID: 0141976205     PISSN: 13772368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/belgeo.16124     Document Type: Article

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