Erosion modelling and soil loss prediction under changing land use for a catchment on mauritius

South African Geographical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-140

  Le Roux, J J ^a,c   Sumner, P D ^a   Rughooputh, S D D V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

^c Institute for Soil Climate and Water   (South Africa)

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EID: 55949105512     PISSN: 03736245     EISSN: 21512418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03736245.2005.9713836     Document Type: Article

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