Assessing regional impacts of Conservation Reserve Program-type grass buffer strips on sediment load reduction from cultivated lands

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 134-142

  Das, C ^a   Capehart, W J ^a   Mott, H V ^a   Zimmerman, P R ^a   Schumacher, T E ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crp grass buffer strips; GIS; Sediment load; USLE; WEPP

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; EROSION CONTROL; GIS; SEDIMENT YIELD; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644324258     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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