Hydro-environmental status and soil management of the River Nile Delta, Egypt

Environmental Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 759-774

  Elewa, H H ^a   El Nahry, A H ^b  

^a National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL AUTHORITY FOR REMOTE SENSING AND SPACE SCIENCES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Groundwater and surface water salinization; Land degradation; Mitigation measurements; Quaternary groundwater aquifer system; River Nile Delta; Shoreline erosion

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; ALKALINITY; AQUIFERS; CALCIUM; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COASTAL ZONES; DISSOLUTION; EROSION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; SHORE PROTECTION; SOILS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WELLS;

EGYPT; LAND DEGRADATION; MITIGATION MEASUREMENTS; QUATERNARY GROUNDWATER AQUIFER SYSTEM; SHORELINE EROSION;

DEGRADATION;

ACCRETION; AQUIFER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL ZONE; DELTA; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GIS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE CHANGE; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SURFACE WATER; WATER EROSION; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NILE DELTA; NORTH AFRICA;

PIPERACEAE;

EID: 62549141534     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1354-5     Document Type: Article

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