Sand mining effects, causes and concerns: A case study from bestari jaya, Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1216-1231

  Ashraf, Muhammad Aqeel ^a   Maah, Mohd Jamil ^a   Yusoff, Ismail ^a   Wajid, Abdul ^b   Mahmood, Karamat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Illegal mining; Modelling. environment; Sediment; Selangor river; Transport; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957647668     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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