Mapping of monthly soil erosion risk of mainland Mauritius and its aggregation with delineated basins

Geomorphology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 101-114

  Nigel, Rody ^a   Rughooputh, Soonil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Basin prioritisation; GIS; Mauritius; Risk mapping; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE BASIN; ERODIBILITY; GIS; MAPPING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL EROSION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS;

EID: 70549109104     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.06.013     Document Type: Article

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