Environmental impact and natural hazards on Kharga Oasis monumental sites, Western Desert of Egypt

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 341-353

  Salman, A B ^a   Howari, F M ^b   El Sankary, M M ^a   Wali, A M ^c   Saleh, M M ^d  

^a Nuclear Material Authority   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN   (United States)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Groundwater; Kharga Oasis; Monuments; Radioactivity; Weathering

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; CEMETERY; CIVILIZATION; CULTURAL HERITAGE; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MONUMENT; NATIONAL PARK; NATURAL HAZARD; WEATHERING RATE; WIND EROSION; WIND VELOCITY;

EGYPT; KHARGA OASIS; NEW VALLEY; WESTERN DESERT;

ALGAE; AVES;

EID: 78549292111     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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