Napoleon Bonaparte's Egyptian campaign of 1789: The first military operation assisted by geologists?

Geology Today

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-29

  Rose, Edward P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; MILITARY APPLICATION;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 1642446210     PISSN: 02666979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2451.2004.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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