Estimation of soil erosion using RUSLE in a GIS framework: A case study in the Buyukcekmece Lake watershed, northwest Turkey

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 903-913

  Demirci, Ali ^a   Karaburun, Ahmet ^a  

^a FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Buyukcekmece; GIS; RUSLE; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

BUYUKCEKMECE; CONSERVATION MEASURES; EROSION RISK; ISTANBUL , TURKEY; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; NORTHWEST TURKEY; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATIONS; RUSLE; SATELLITE IMAGES; SEVERE EROSION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL EROSION RATE; SOIL EROSION RISK; SOIL LOSS; SPATIAL ANALYSTS; STUDY AREAS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAP;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LAKES; LANDFORMS; MAPS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

EROSION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; RISK FACTOR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

BUYUKCEKMECE LAKE; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 84861190928     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1300-9     Document Type: Article

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