An Indicator System for Assessing Soil Erosion in the Loess Plateau Gully Regions: A Case Study in the Wangdonggou Watershed, China

Pedosphere

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-44

  Ni, Shao Xiang ^a   Ma, Guo Bin ^a   Wei, Yu Chun ^a   Jiang, Hai Fu ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Assessment; Indicator; Loess Plateau; Soil erosion; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EROSION RATE; MODEL; SOIL EROSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 1342309897     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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