Delineation of paleolakes in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, using remote sensing and GIS

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-134

  Gaber, A ^a   Ghoneim, E ^b   Khalaf, F ^a   El Baz, F ^b  

^a SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater significance; Lacustrine deposits; Mechanism of deposition; Source; SRTM

Indexed keywords

GIS; GRANITE; IKONOS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; REMOTE SENSING;

AFRICA; EGYPT; JANUB SINA; NORTH AFRICA; SINAI; TIH PLATEAU;

EID: 56949105257     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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