Erosion risk assessment and sediment yield production of the King Talal Watershed, Jordan

Environmental Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 234-242

  Al Sheriadeh, M S ^a   Al Hamdan, A Z ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Conservation; Jordan; King Talal Watershed; Sediment

Indexed keywords

JORDAN;

EROSION CONTROL; MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION;

JORDAN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS; TEXTURES;

EROSION INDEX;

WATERSHEDS;

EID: 0032586177     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050381     Document Type: Article

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