Responses of Ras El Bar seafloor characteristics to the protective engineering structures, Nile delta, Egypt

Environmental Geology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 645-652

  El Banna, Mahmoud M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Damietta; Egypt; Engineering structures; Mediterranean; Nile Delta; Ras El Bar; Seafloor characteristics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOLOGY; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS;

DAMIETTA; MEDITERRANEAN; NILE DELTA; SEAFLOOR CHARACTERISTICS;

BATHYMETRY;

BATHYMETRY; BREAKWATER; COASTAL PROTECTION;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NILE DELTA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 33344470212     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-0065-4     Document Type: Article

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