Application of gis to estimate soil erosion using rusle

Geo-Spatial Information Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-37

  Jabbar, Mushtak ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

DEM; GIS; Soil erosion; USLE

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952775027     PISSN: 10095020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02826699     Document Type: Article

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