Regional soil erosion risk mapping in Lebanon

Geomorphology

Volumn 82, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 347-359

  Bou Kheir, Rania ^a   Cerdan, Olivier ^b   Abdallah, Chadi ^a  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Lebanon)

^b BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Erosion modelling; GIS; Land degradation; Lebanon; Risk assessment; Water soil erosion

Indexed keywords

ERODIBILITY; GIS; LAND DEGRADATION; MAPPING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33751327795     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.05.012     Document Type: Article

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