Estimating water erosion and sediment yield with GIS, RUSLE, and SEDD

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 128-136

  Fernandez, C ^a   Wu, J Q ^a   McCool, D K ^a,b   Stockle C O ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA ARS PWA   (United States)

Author keywords

ArcView GIS; RUSLE; SEDD; Sediment delivery; Sediment yield; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION; WATERSHED;

EID: 1342310563     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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