Detecting temporal shoreline changes and erosion/accretion rates, using remote sensing, and their associated sediment characteristics along the coast of North Sinai, Egypt

Environmental Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1419-1427

  Banna, Mahmoud M El ^a   Hereher, Mohamed E ^b  

^a NATIONAL WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

^b Faculty of Science at New Damietta   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; El Arish Harbour; El Bardawil inlet; Landsat images; Mediterranean Sea; North Sinai; Rafah

Indexed keywords

EGYPT; EL ARISH HARBOUR; EL BARDAWIL INLET; LANDSAT IMAGES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH SINAI; RAFAH;

BEACHES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; JETTIES; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

MINERALS;

ACCRETION; CHEMICAL ELEMENT; EROSION RATE; GRAIN SIZE; LANDSAT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHORELINE CHANGE; SORTING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

AFRICA; EGYPT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AFRICA; SINAI;

EID: 70449124285     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1644-y     Document Type: Article

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