Sand fences: An environment-friendly technique to restore degraded coastal dunes

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 868-870

  Mascarenhas, Antonio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Coastal dunes; Environment; Goa; Sand fences

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DUNE FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; GOA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 49249103045     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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