Integration of GIS with USLE in assessment of soil erosion

Water Resources Management

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 447-467

  Fistikoglu, Okan ^a   Harmancioglu, Nilgun B ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Enrichment ratio; GIS; Gross erosion; Nonpoint source pollution (NPS); NPS transport; Sediment load; Soil loss; USLE

Indexed keywords

SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

GROSS EROSION; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION (NPS); NPS TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT LOAD; SOIL LOSS; USLE;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

GIS; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RAINFALL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; GEDIZ BASIN; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 21344461239     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022282125760     Document Type: Article

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