EROS: A grid-based program for estimating spatially-distributed erosion indices

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 707-712

  Wilson, John P ^a   Gallant, John C ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deposition; Digital Elevation Model; Erosion; Terrain analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; EROS; EROSION INDEX; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030481397     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0098-3004(95)00097-6     Document Type: Article

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