Hazard impact and genetic development of sand dunes west of Samalut, Egypt

Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-151

  El Gammal, El Sayed Ahmed ^a   El Gammal, Alaa El Din Ahmed ^b  

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

^b Institute for Water and Environment   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Grains; Sand dunes

Indexed keywords

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); LANDFORMS; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AEOLIAN; BINOCULAR MICROSCOPES; CULTIVATED LANDS; FLUVIAL PROCESS; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; SAND AND GRAVELS; SAND DUNES;

SAND;

BARCHAN; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL PROCESS; GRANULOMETRY; HAZARD; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; OLIGOCENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EGYPT;

EID: 79952411038     PISSN: 11109823     EISSN: 20902476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrs.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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