A soil water balance model for monitoring soil erosion processes and effects on steep lands in the tropics

Soil Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-30

  Pla Sentís, Ildefonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Erosion processes; Hydrological processes; Landslide erosion; Mass movements; Process based models; Simulation; Soil management; Soil water erosion; Steep lands; Surface erosion; Tropics; Water balance; Water management

Indexed keywords

EROSION; MODELING; SOIL; WATER RESOURCE;

HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES; LANDSLIDE; MASS MOVEMENT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; TROPICS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031128601     PISSN: 09333630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0933-3630(96)00112-2     Document Type: Article

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