Land use effects on sediment yields and soil loss rates in small basins of Triassic sandstone near Sydney, NSW, Australia

Catena

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 271-287

  Erskine, Wayne D ^a,b,e   Mahmoudzadeh, A ^c   Myers, C ^d  

^a State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e Office of the Supervising Scientist   (Australia)

Author keywords

Land use; Sediment yields; Soil erosion; Soil formation; Soil loss rates; Universal Soil Loss Equation

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0037202438     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(02)00065-6     Document Type: Article

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