Applying RUSLE 2.0 on burned-forest lands: An appraisal

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 36-42

  Gonzalez Bonorino G ^a   Osterkamp, W R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^b US Geol Survey Desert Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion; Forest fire; RUSLE

Indexed keywords

FOREST FIRE; FOREST SOIL; SOIL EROSION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

EID: 0742285033     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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