Banana crop expansion and increased river-borne sediment exports to the Gulf of Uraba, caribbean coast of Colombia

Ambio

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 181-183

  Blanco Libreros, Juan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

CROP IMPROVEMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HERB; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ARTICLE; BANANA; CHEMISTRY; COLOMBIA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CROP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SEDIMENT;

COLOMBIA; COMMERCE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MUSA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; COLOMBIA; GULF OF URABA; SOUTH AMERICA;

URABA;

EID: 67649660044     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-38.3.181     Document Type: Article

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