Sand and clay mineralogical composition in relation to origin, sedimentation regime, uniformity, and weathering rate of nile terrace soils at Assiut, Egypt

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 239-256

  Farragallah, Mohamed El Ameen A ^a   Essa Mahmoud, Mahmoud A ^b  

^a Al Azhar University   (Egypt)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Origin; Sand mineralogy; Sedimentation regime; Uniformity; Weathering ratios and clay minerals

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155139730     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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