Geological controls of land degradation as detected by remote sensing: A case study in Los Monegros, north-east Spain

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 457-473

  Koch, M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; LAND DEGRADATION; REMOTE SENSING; SEMIARID REGION;

ARAGON; LOS MONEGROS; SPAIN;

EID: 0034651885     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311600210687     Document Type: Article

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