Hazard impact and genetic development of sand dunes west of Samalut, Egypt

A southeast mobile sand dune field extends west of the Nile Valley and encroaches on the cultivated land. These dunes have been investigated by geological and geomorphological mapping using Landsat ETM images and field work. Fifty sand samples had been collected from sand dunes and five samples from...

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Main Authors: El Sayed Ahmed El Gammal, Alaa El Din Ahmed El Gammal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-12-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110982310000141