Estimation of soil loss by water erosion in the chinese loess plateau using universal soil loss equation and GRACE

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1283-1290

  Schnitzer, S ^a   Seitz, F ^a,b   Eicker, A ^c   Guntner A ^d   Wattenbach, M ^d   Menzel, A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Deutsches Geod atisches Forschungsinstitut DGFI   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asia; Gravity anomalies and Earth structure; Satellite gravity; Sedimentary basin processes; Time variable gravity

Indexed keywords

ASIA; GRAVITY ANOMALIES AND EARTH STRUCTURES; SATELLITE GRAVITY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN PROCESS; TIME-VARIABLE GRAVITY;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

GRAVITATION;

ESTIMATION METHOD; GRACE; GRAVITY ANOMALY; SATELLITE MISSION; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SOIL EROSION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; WATER EROSION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 84877949357     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt023     Document Type: Article

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