Land use change and gully erosion in the Piedmont region of South Carolina

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 122-129

  Galang, Marco A ^a,b   Markewitz, Daniel ^a   Morris, Lawrence A ^a   Bussell, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Cover change; Erosion; Gully survey; Reforestation

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; CULTIVATION; FIELD SURVEY; FOREST FLOOR; GULLY EROSION; LAND USE CHANGE; PIEDMONT; REFORESTATION;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 35948990528     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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