Assessing soil erosion risk in karst area using fuzzy modeling and method of the analytical hierarchy process

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 287-292

  Yang, Qiyong ^a   Xie, Yunqiu ^a   Li, Wenjun ^b   Jiang, Zhongcheng ^a   Li, Hui ^a,c   Qin, Xingming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE   (China)

^c GUANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AHP; Fuzzy modeling; GIS; Karst area; Risk; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

AHP; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; FUZZY MODELING; KARST AREAS; POTENTIAL RISKS; SCIENTIFIC REFERENCES; SOIL EROSION; SOIL EROSION RISK;

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISKS; SOILS;

EROSION;

DESERTIFICATION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; KARST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL EROSION;

CHINA;

EID: 84892389972     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2432-x     Document Type: Article

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