Rainfall erosivity map for Ghana

Geoderma

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 161-166

  Oduro Afriyie, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

erosion risk; Fournier index; rainfall erosivity index

Indexed keywords

EROSION RISK; FOURNIER INDEX; RAINFALL EROSIVITY; SOIL EROSION;

GHANA;

EID: 0030274301     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(96)00054-7     Document Type: Article

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