Monitoring and estimating ephemeral gully erosion using field measurements and GIS

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2010, ASABE 2010

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages 5318-5332

  Daggupati, Prasad ^a   Douglas Mankin, Kyle R ^a   Sheshukov, Aleksey Y ^a   Barnes, Philip L ^a  

^a 129 Seaton Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Ephemeral gullies; Ephemeral gully erosion; Field measurements; GIS; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; MONITORING; RAIN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATERSHEDS;

EPHEMERAL GULLIES; EPHEMERAL GULLY EROSIONS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; GIS; RAINFALL;

EROSION;

EID: 78649704856     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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