A comparison of mineral-magnetic and distributed RUSLE modeling in the assessment of soil loss on a southeastern U.S. cropland

Catena

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 170-180

  Royall, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alabama; Model; RUSLE; Soil loss; Soil magnetism

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENUDATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; PARENT MATERIAL; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOPOSEQUENCE;

ALABAMA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846632851     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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