Relative efficacy of two biophysical approaches to assess soil loss tolerance for Doon Valley soils of India

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-49

  Mandal, Debashis ^a   Sharda, Vishwa Nath ^a   Tripathi, Krishan Prakash ^a  

^a ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (India)

Author keywords

Doon valley; Erosion tolerance; India environmental sustainability; Productivity index (PI); Quantitative weighted additive model

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; BULK DENSITY; CROP PRODUCTION; DATA SET; LAND USE PLANNING; PH; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY; SUSTAINABILITY;

DEHRADUN VALLEY; INDIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 77949666699     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/jswc.65.1.42     Document Type: Article

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