Mapping and monitoring of dunes in Northwestern Kuwait

Kuwait Journal of Science and Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-134

  Al Dousari, A M ^a   Pye, K ^b  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^b Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Aerial photography; Barchans

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249111167     PISSN: 10248684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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