Relationship of environmental geochemistry to soil degradation in Helwan catchment, Egypt

Environmental Geology

Volumn 48, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 524-530

  Melegy, Ahmed A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cations; Degradation; Egypt; Environmental geochemistry; Erosion; Helwan; Sodic soils

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CATCHMENTS; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; POSITIVE IONS; SOILS;

EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY; HELWAN; SODIC SOILS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CATCHMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; SOIL DEGRADATION;

AFRICA; CAIRO [EGYPT]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EGYPT; HELWAN; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 26944470028     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-1303-5     Document Type: Article

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