Assessing human impact on alluvial fan development: A multidisciplinary case-study from Lower Khuzestan (SW Iran)

Geodinamica Acta

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 267-285

  Walstra, Jan ^a   Heyvaert, Vanessa Mary An ^b   Verkinderen, Peter ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c Netherlands Flemish Institute in Cairo   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Human impact; Iran; Landscape evolution; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

IRAN; JARRAHI RIVER; KHUZESTAN;

EID: 79951758491     PISSN: 09853111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/ga.23.267-285     Document Type: Conference Paper

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