Modeling the impacts of no-till practice on soil erosion and sediment yield with RUSLE, SEDD, and ArcView GIS

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 38-49

  Fu, Guobin ^a   Chen, Shulin ^a   McCool, Donald K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ArcView GIS; No tillage practices; Pataha Creek Watershed; RUSLE; Sediment yield; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

RUSLE; SEDIMENT DELIVERY DISTRIBUTED (SEDD) MODEL; SEDIMENT YIELD;

SOILS;

ARCVIEW; GIS; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION; ZERO TILLAGE;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

EID: 28444498891     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2004.11.009     Document Type: Article

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