Soil loss tolerance limits for planning of soil conservation measures in Shivalik-Himalayan region of India

Catena

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-124

  Bhattacharyya, P ^a   Bhatt, V K ^a   Mandal, D ^a  

^a ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (India)

Author keywords

India; Planning conservation measure; Quantitative assessment; Shivalik Himalayan region; Soil loss tolerance limit

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; INFILTRATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ORGANIC CARBON; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; SIWALIK HILLS; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 39649089196     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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