Soil erosion prediction using MMF model on highly dissected hilly terrain of Ekiti environs in southwestern Nigeria

International Journal of Physical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 053-057

  Ande, O T ^a   Alaga, Y ^b   Oluwatosin, G A ^a  

^a Training Obafemi Awolowo University   (Nigeria)

^b National Remote Sensing Centre   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Hilly landscape; Land use; MMF model; Nigeria; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350070106     PISSN: 19921950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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