Monitoring of geomorphological changes for planning reclamation work in coastal area of Karachi, Pakistan

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1200-1205

  Siddiqui, M N ^a   Maajid, S ^a  

^a Remote Sensing Applications Division   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Coastal belt of Karachi; Geomorphological changes; Indus deltaic region; Land erosion; Land reclamation accretion; Multi temporal satellite remote sensing (SRS) data

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; OSCILLATIONS; PLANNING; RIVERS; TIDES; WIND;

GEOMORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; TIDAL OSCILLATIONS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; LAND RECLAMATION; REMOTE SENSING;

ASIA; EURASIA; KARACHI; PAKISTAN; SIND; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 2042497117     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00373-9     Document Type: Article

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