Relationship between soil erosion and distance to roadways in undeveloped areas of China

Catena

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 305-313

  Shi, X Z ^a   Wang, K ^a,b   Warner, E D ^c   Yu, D S ^a   Wang, H J ^a   Yang, R W ^a,d   Liang, Y ^a   Shi, D M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b MINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Xiao Zhuang University   (China)

Author keywords

GIS; Remote sensing; Roadway classes; Soil erosion; South China

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONE; GIS; NATURAL RESOURCE; REMOTE SENSING; ROAD; SOIL EROSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; JIANGXI; XINGOU;

EID: 35548993333     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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