Soil erosion prediction using the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) in a GIS framework, Chania, Northwestern Crete, Greece

Environmental Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 483-497

  Kouli, Maria ^a   Soupios, Pantelis ^a   Vallianatos, Filippos ^a  

^a Institute of Natural Resources and Natural Hazards   (Greece)

Author keywords

GIS; Remote sensing; RUSLE; Soil erosion; Western Crete

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITIES; ANNUAL PRECIPITATIONS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS; EXTENDED PARTS; GEOGRAPHICAL DATUM; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GIS; K FACTORS; P FACTORS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATIONS; RUSLE; SEVERE EROSIONS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL LOSS; SOIL MAPS; WATER AVAILABILITIES; WESTERN CRETE;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

EROSION;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROFILE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATERSHED;

CANEA; CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349239051     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1318-9     Document Type: Article

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