Geo-environmental hazards assessment of the north western Gulf of Suez, Egypt

Journal of Coastal Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-50

  Arnous, Mohamed O ^a   Aboulela, Hamdy A ^a   Green, David R ^b  

^a Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flash flood; Geo hazards; Geospatial; GIS; Gulf of Suez; Remote sensing; Seismic activity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; FAULT ZONE; FLASH FLOOD; GEOLOGICAL HAZARD; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MITIGATION; MORPHOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SPATIAL DATA;

EGYPT; GULF OF AQABA; GULF OF SUEZ; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 79551581639     PISSN: 14000350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11852-010-0118-z     Document Type: Article

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