Assessment of sand drift potential along the Nile Valley and Delta using climatic and satellite data

Applied Geography

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 39-47

  Hereher, Mohamed E ^a  

^a Damietta University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Drift potential; Dune activity; Nile Valley; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DRIFT BEHAVIOR; DUNE; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WIND;

EGYPT; NILE DELTA; NILE VALLEY;

EID: 84907730128     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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