GIS applied to determine environmental impact indicators made by sand mining in a floodplain in southeastern Brazil

Environmental Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 628-637

  Santo, E L ^a   Sanchez L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aerial photographs; Environmental impact indicators; GIS; Sand mining

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MORPHOLOGY; OPEN PIT MINING; RIVERS;

FLOOD PLAINS;

QUARRYING;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOODPLAIN; GIS; MINING; SAND;

ANATOMY; DEFORESTATION; GIS; MINING; OPEN SYSTEMS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RIVERS;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0036487939     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540100441     Document Type: Article

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