Geomorphic changes in Ras Al-Subiyah area, Kuwait

Environmental Geology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1377-1390

  Al Hurban, A ^a   El Gamily, H ^b   El Sammak, A ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

GIS; Jal Az Zor; Remote sensing; Surface geomorphology

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; DRAINAGE; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIDAL POWER;

INFRASTRUCTURE; MARSHES; SURFACE GEOMORPHOLOGY;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL SEDIMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; ESCARPMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; GRAIN SIZE; REMOTE SENSING; SABKHA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIDAL CHANNEL; WAR;

ASIA; BOUBYAN ISLAND; EURASIA; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; KUWAIT BAY; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 43549097577     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0919-z     Document Type: Article

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