Soil erosion assessment at the Udi-Nsukka Cuesta (southeastern Nigeria)

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-160

  Gobin, A M ^a   Campling, P ^a   Deckers, J A ^a   Poesen, J ^b   Feyen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gully; Land use; Participatory research; Soil erosion; Southeastern Nigeria; Spatial scale; Udi Nsukka Cuesta; USLE

Indexed keywords

GULLY; LAND USE; SOIL EROSION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; WATER EROSION;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0033066026     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-145X(199903/04)10:2<141::AID-LDR325>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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