Small reservoir distribution, rate of construction, and uses in the upper and middle Chattahoochee basins of the Georgia piedmont, USA, 1950-2010

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 460-480

  Ignatius, Amber R ^a,b   Jones, John W ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Chattahoochee; Geographic Information Systems; Georgia; Land cover conversion; Piedmont; Reservoir; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947800373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi3020460     Document Type: Review

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