Modelling the dynamics of soil redistribution induced by sheet erosion using the Universal Soil Loss Equation and cellular automata

Geoderma

Volumn 202-203, Issue , 2013, Pages 112-125

  Heung, Brandon ^a   Bakker, Laurens ^a   Schmidt, Margaret G ^a   Dragićević, Suzana ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Landscape evolution; Nonlinear dynamical systems; Sheet erosion; Soil redistribution; Universal Soil Loss Equation

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; SHEET EROSIONS; SOIL REDISTRIBUTION; SOIL REDISTRIBUTION MODEL; TOPOGRAPHICAL CHANGES; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; EROSION; NONLINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

DEPOSITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; SHEET EROSION; SIMULATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; BOWEN ISLAND;

EID: 84876400572     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.03.019     Document Type: Article

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