Environmental impact of quarries on natural resources in Lebanon

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 345-358

  Darwish, T ^a   Khater, C ^a   Jomaa, I ^a   Stehouwer, R ^b   Shaban, A ^a   Hamze M ^a  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Lebanon)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Mediterranean; Land cover change; Land degradation; Lebanon; Quarries; Vulnerability of groundwater resources

Indexed keywords

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND-COVER CHANGE; LEBANON; VULNERABILITY OF GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RATING; WATER QUALITY;

QUARRIES;

ABANDONED MINE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GIS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; INFILTRATION; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; MINING; NATURAL RESOURCE; QUARRY; RAINFALL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION COVER; VULNERABILITY;

LEBANON; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 79956116497     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1011     Document Type: Article

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