Assessing the degradation of saline wetlands in an arid agricultural region in Spain

Catena

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-213

  Castañeda, Carmen ^a   Herrero, Juan ^a  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aridity; Landscape degradation; Monegros; Playa lakes; Salinity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARID REGION; ARIDITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; LAND DEGRADATION; ORTHOPHOTO; PLAYA; REMOTE SENSING; SALINITY; SATELLITE DATA; TOPONYMY; WETLAND;

ARAGON; EURASIA; EUROPE; LOS MONEGROS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 35548991113     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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