Assessment of erosion hazard in Torres municipality of Laras tate (Venezuela) based on GIS

Interciencia

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 348-356

  Andrade, Onelia ^a,b,c,d,e   Kappas, Martin ^c,f,g   Erasmi, Stefan ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTROCCIDENTAL LISANDRO ALVARADO   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d Instituto de Investigaciones Agrícolas INIA Yaracuy   (Venezuela)

^e Cologne University ^*  (Venezuela)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erosion Hazard; GIS; RUSLE; Suitability Ratings; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960525509     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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