Conformity of MUSLE estimates and erosion plot data for storm-wise sediment yield estimation

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-128

  Sadeghi, Seyed Hamidreza ^a   Mizuyama, Takahisa ^b   Ghaderi Vangah, Babak ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Erosion plot; Iran; MUSLE; Sediment yield; Soil erosion; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

EROSION RATE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT YIELD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34247607285     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2007.18.1.117(O)     Document Type: Article

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