Techniques for simultaneous quantification of wind and water erosion in semi-arid regions

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 699-717

  Visser, S M ^a   Sterk, G ^a   Ribolzi, O ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Institut de Recherche Pour le Developpement   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Measurement techniques; Quantification; Semi arid regions; Water erosion; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL DEGRADATION; WATER EROSION; WIND EROSION;

AFRICA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 4143076903     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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