Monitoring the lateral channel movements on the alluvial fan of Wadi Feiran drainage basin, South Sinai, Egypt using multi-temporal satellite imagery

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-96

  Hermas, E A ^a   Abou El Magd, I H ^a   Saleh, A S ^b  

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

^b Zagazig University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Alluvial fans; Channel avulsion; Channel braiding; Channel movements; Channel widening; Sinai

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BRAIDED RIVER; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DEPOSITION; DRAINAGE BASIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD DEPOSIT; FLOW CONTROL; FLOW FIELD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EGYPT; JANUB SINA; SINAI; WADI FEIRAN;

EID: 77956870899     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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