Erosion and accretion rates and their associated sediment characters along Ras El Bar coast, northeast Nile Delta, Egypt

Environmental Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-49

  El Banna, Mahmoud M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Damietta harbour; Egypt; Engineering structures; Mediterranean; Nile Delta; Ras El Bar

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; BREAKWATERS; GARNETS; MONAZITE; PORTS AND HARBORS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); ZIRCON;

LITTORAL TRANSPORT; RUTILE; SEAFLOOR SEDIMENTS; TOURMALINE;

EROSION;

ACCRETION; BEACH PROFILE; BREAKWATER; EROSION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; HEAVY MINERAL; LANDSAT; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHORELINE CHANGE; SORTING;

AFRICA; DAMIETTA; DAMIETTA HARBOUR; EGYPT; NILE DELTA; NORTH AFRICA; RAS EL BAR;

EID: 33847256387     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0447-2     Document Type: Article

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