Mapping soil erosion risk in Rondônia, Brazilian Amazonia: Using RUSLE, remote sensing and GIS

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 499-512

  Lu, D ^a   Li, G ^b   Valladares, G S ^c   Batistella, M ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian Amazonia; GIS; Remote sensing; RUSLE; Soil erosion risk

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; SOILS;

REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION (RUSLE); SOIL EROSION; SPECTRAL MIXTURE ANALYSIS (SMA); TOPOGRAPHIC FACTORS;

EROSION;

GIS; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

BRAZIL; RONDONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

RONDONIA;

EID: 6044263450     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.634     Document Type: Article

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