Nature and human impact on Nile Delta coastal sand dunes, Egypt

Environmental Geology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 690-695

  El Banna, Mahmoud M ^a  

^a Ras El Bar Coastal Research Station ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Damietta; Egypt; Foredunes; Mediterranean; Nile Delta

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MINERALOGY; SAND;

LANDSCAPES;

GEOLOGY;

COASTAL LANDFORM; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; DUNE FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NILE DELTA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 1642334884     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-003-0922-y     Document Type: Article

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