Earth observation-based coastal zone monitoring of the Yellow River Delta: Dynamics in China's second largest oil producing region over four decades

Applied Geography

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 92-107

  Kuenzer, C ^a   Ottinger, M ^b   Liu, Gaohuan ^c   Sun, Bo ^d   Baumhauer, R ^b   Dech, S ^a,b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^d The Administration Center of the Yellow River Delta Sustainable Development Institute of Shandong Province   (China)

Author keywords

Coastal zone; Environmental impacts; Oil industry; Remote sensing; Shoreline changes; Yellow River Delta

Indexed keywords

DELTA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EROSION; LANDSAT; OIL INDUSTRY; OIL PRODUCTION; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; RIVER BED; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHORELINE;

CHINA; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER DELTA;

EID: 84907757708     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.08.015     Document Type: Article

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