Characteristics of nabkhas in relation to dominant perennial plant species in Kuwait

Kuwait Journal of Science and Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 129-150

  Al Dousari, Ali M ^a   Ahmed, Modi ^a   Al Senafy, Mohammad ^a   Al Mutairi, Maha ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Desert; Morphologic; Sabkha; Sedimentologic

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449726838     PISSN: 10248684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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