Changes in soil cover in Nechí, Antioquia: An approach to the environmental impact of mining, 1986-2010

The municipality of Nechí (Antioquia, Colombia) has a long mining history associated with the extraction of gold. This paper evaluates the evolution of land cover changes caused by this mining activity over 24 years. The spatial analysis was based on the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)...

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Main Authors:	Gómez-Rodríguez, Michael Ezequiel, Molina-Pérez, Francisco José, Agudelo-Echavarría, Diana María, Cañón-Barriga, Julio Eduardo, Vélez-Macías, Fabio de Jesús
Format:	Online
Language:	eng
Published:	Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2017
Subjects:	GIS Landsat Mining NDVI Soil cover Cobertura del suelo Minería SIG
Online Access:	https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/ingenieria/article/view/6423