Monitoring of soil erosion and assessment for contribution of sediments to rivers in a typical watershed of the Upper Yangtze River Basin

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 411-421

  Fan, J R ^a   Zhang, J H ^a   Zhong, X H ^a   Liu, S Z ^a   Tao, H P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Monitoring; Remote sensing; Sediment delivery; Soil erosion; Upper Yangtze River Basin

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL (DEM); SLOPE GRADIENTS; SOIL EROSION; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

CAVITATION CORROSION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EROSION RATE; GIS; MONITORING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; WATERSHED;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 4644236039     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.622     Document Type: Article

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