Use of USLE/GIS technology integrated with geostatistics to assess soil erosion risk in different land uses of Indagi Mountain Pass - Çankiri, Turkey

Environmental Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1731-1741

  Ozcan, A Ugur ^a   Erpul, Gunay ^a   Basaran, Mustafa ^b   Erdogan, H Emrah ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Erosion risk assessment; Geostatistics; Land use; USLE GIS technology

Indexed keywords

EROSION; LAND USE; STATISTICAL METHODS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATERSHEDS;

GEOSTATISTICS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FORMATION;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ERODIBILITY; EROSION CONTROL; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOSTATISTICS; GIS; LAND USE; MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL EROSION;

ANATOLIA; CANKIRI; EURASIA; INDAGI MOUNTAIN PASS; TURKEY;

EID: 38849207602     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0779-6     Document Type: Article

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