Gis-based morphometric analysis of two major watersheds, Western Crete, Greece

Journal of Environmental Hydrology

Volumn 15, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-17

  Kouli, Maria ^a   Vallianatos, Filippos ^a   Soupios, Pantelis ^a   Alexakis, Dimitris ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE BASIN; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; LITHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; WATERSHED;

CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847269651     PISSN: 10583912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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