Land use/land cover changes in Ashtamudi wetland region of Kerala - A study using remote sensing and GIS

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 573-580

  Sajeev, R ^a   Subramanian, V ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ashtamudi wetlands; Environmental geology; Kerala; Landcover; Landuse; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

GIS; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; WETLAND;

INDIA;

EID: 0141454776     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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