Soil erodibility mapping and its correlation with soil properties in Central Chile

Geoderma

Volumn 189-190, Issue , 2012, Pages 116-123

  Bonilla, Carlos A ^a   Johnson, Odette I ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Organic matter; RUSLE; Sand fraction; Soil erodibility

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL CHILE; CHEMICAL SOIL PROPERTIES; CHILE; CULTIVATED LANDS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; ERODIBILITY; EROSION PLOTS; FIELD TEST; K-FACTOR; MOLLISOLS; NATURAL RUNOFF; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PRIMARY PARTICLES; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATIONS; RUSLE; SAND FRACTION; SILT CONTENTS; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL ERODIBILITY; SOIL EROSION; SOIL LOSS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEXTURES; SOIL TYPES; STORM EVENTS; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE CONDITIONS; SURFACE SOIL; UPLAND AREA; WATER EROSION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; EROSION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SILT;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ENTISOL; ERODIBILITY; MOLLISOL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; SOIL SURVEY; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL TYPE; STORM; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; UPLAND REGION; VULNERABILITY;

CHILE;

EID: 84863492791     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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