Mining and environmental change in Sierra Leone, West Africa: A remote sensing and hydrogeomorphological study

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 142, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 309-318

  Akiwumi, Fenda A ^a   Butler, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrology; Land use change; Mining; Remote sensing; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND USE; MINING; REMOTE SENSING;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAND COVER CHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; PHYSICAL CHANGES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; MINING; REMOTE SENSING;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE; MINE TAILINGS; MINING; SIERRA LEONE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MAPS AS TOPIC; MINING; SIERRA LEONE; SPACECRAFT;

AFRICA; SIERRA LEONE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 44949109206     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9930-9     Document Type: Article

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