Application of a RUSLE-based soil erosion modelling on Mauritius Island

Soil Research

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 645-651

  Nigel, Rody ^a   Rughooputh, Soonil D D V ^b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

erosion risk mapping; GIS; priority action areas

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STRATEGIES; CROP CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EROSION RISK; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFILTRATION RATE; LAND DEGRADATION; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; NUTRIENT CONTENTS; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PRIORITY ACTION AREAS; QUANTITATIVE APPROACH; RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATIONS; SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL EROSION MODELLING; SOIL LOSS; SOIL STRUCTURE;

EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION;

SOILS;

AFFORESTATION; CULTIVATION; DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ERODIBILITY; GIS; INFILTRATION; LAND DEGRADATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRIORITIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STRUCTURE; TERRAIN; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; VULNERABILITY; WATER EROSION;

MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS;

EID: 84873364540     PISSN: 1838675X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR12175     Document Type: Article

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