Estimation of soil erosion risk within a small mountainous sub-watershed in Kerala, India, using Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) and geo-information technology

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 209-215

  Prasannakumar, V ^a   Vijith, H ^a   Abinod, S ^a   Geetha, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

GIS; Kerala; Pamba; Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE); Soil erosion; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

INDIA; KERALA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 84857630382     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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