Risk assessment of soil erosion in semi-arid mountainous watershed in Saudi Arabia by RUSLE model coupled with remote sensing and GIS

Geocarto International

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 915-940

  Mallick, Javed ^a   Alashker, Yasser ^a,b   Mohammad, Shams Al Deen ^a,c   Ahmed, Mohd ^a   Hasan, Mohd Abul ^a,d  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

geospatial techniques; RUSLE model; semi arid watershed; soil erosion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905757004     PISSN: 10106049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2013.868044     Document Type: Article

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