Pinpointing areas of increased soil erosion risk following land cover change in the Lake Manyara catchment, Tanzania

@article{Wynants2018PinpointingAO,
  title={Pinpointing areas of increased soil erosion risk following land cover change in the Lake Manyara catchment, Tanzania},
  author={Maarten Wynants and Henok Solomon and Patrick Ndakidemi and William H. Blake},
  journal={Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation},
  year={2018},
  volume={71},
  pages={1-8}
}
  • M. Wynants, H. Solomon, W. Blake
  • Published 1 September 2018
  • Environmental Science, Computer Science
  • Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation
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