Using remote sensing to assess impact of mining activities on land and water resources

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-52

  Charou, E ^a   Stefouli, M ^b   Dimitrakopoulos, D ^c   Vasiliou, E ^d   Mavrantza, O D ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF INFORMATICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION   (Greece)

^c Public Power Corporation   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e Hellenic Cadastral Organization   (Greece)

Author keywords

ASTER data; Environment; Landsat; Mining activities; Pollution; Risk assessment; Vegoritida; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950338572     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-010-0098-0     Document Type: Article

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