Predicting soil erosion and sediment yield in the Tapacurá catchment, Brazil

Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 75-82

  da Silva, Richarde Marques ^a   Santos, Celso A G ^a   Silva, Alexandro Medeiros ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

EPM model; GIS; Tapacur catchment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908019006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19823932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4090/juee.2014.v8n1.075082     Document Type: Article

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