Assessment of soil erosion and sediment delivery ratio using remote sensing and GIS: a case study of upstream Chaobaihe River catchment, north China

International Journal of Sediment Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-173

  ZHOU, Weifeng ^a   WU, Bingfang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Gross erosion; Modified USLE; Sediment delivery ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 59949086828     PISSN: 10016279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-6279(08)60016-5     Document Type: Article

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