Adapting the RUSLE to model soil erosion potential in a mountainous tropical watershed

Catena

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-129

  Millward, Andrew A ^a   Mersey, Janet E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation; Erosion; Mountainous; RUSLE; Tropical precipitation

Indexed keywords

MOUNTAIN REGION; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; SOIL EROSION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATERSHED;

MEXICO;

EID: 0032787022     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(99)00067-3     Document Type: Article

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