An assessment of erosivity distribution and its influence on the effectiveness of land use conversion for reducing soil erosion in Jiangxi, China

Catena

Volumn 125, Issue , 2015, Pages 50-60

  Xiao, Linlin ^a,b   Yang, Xiaohuan ^a   Chen, Sixu ^a,b   Cai, Hongyan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Entropy; Erosivity; Land use conversion; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ENTROPY; EROSIVITY; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; RAINFALL; SOIL EROSION;

CHINA; JIANGXI;

EID: 84908565097     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2014.10.016     Document Type: Article

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