Improvement to the prediction of the USLE K factor

Geomorphology

Volumn 204, Issue , 2014, Pages 229-234

  Shabani, Farzin ^a   Kumar, Lalit ^a   Esmaeili, Atefeh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

K factor; Land use; Lime; Slope; USLE

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; LAND USE; LIME; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SOIL EROSION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; ERODIBILITY; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STRUCTURE;

IRAN;

EID: 84887221321     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.08.008     Document Type: Article

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