Regional Scale Erosion Assessment of a Sub-tropical Highland Segment in the Western Ghats of Kerala, South India

Water Resources Management

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3715-3727

  Prasannakumar, V ^a   Vijith, H ^a   Geetha, N ^a   Shiny, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Raster calculator; RUSLE; Slope length and steepness; Soil erodibility; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

RASTER CALCULATOR; RUSLE; SLOPE LENGTH AND STEEPNESS; SOIL ERODIBILITY; WESTERN GHATS;

DECISION MAKING; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

EROSION;

DECISION MAKING; ERODIBILITY; EROSION CONTROL; GIS; RASTER; REMOTE SENSING; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLOPE; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

INDIA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 80255129689     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-011-9878-y     Document Type: Article

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