Sediment variation along the east coast of peninsular Malaysia

Ecological Questions

Volumn 16, Issue , 2012, Pages 99-107

  MatAmin, Abd Rahman ^a,c   Ahmad, Fadhli ^a   Mamat, Mustafa ^b   Rivaie, Mohd ^c   Abdullah, Khiruddin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^d SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Coastal water; MODIS; Remote sensing; Sediment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969193692     PISSN: 16447298     EISSN: 20835469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10090-012-0010-6     Document Type: Article

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