Identification of critical soil erosion prone areas and annual average soil loss in an upland agricultural watershed of Western Ghats, using analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and RUSLE techniques

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3697-3711

  Pradeep, G S ^a   Krishnan, M V Ninu ^a   Vijith, H ^a  

^a Kerala State Disaster Management Authority   (India)

Author keywords

AHP; Geographic information system; Geomorphology; RUSLE; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930179354     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-014-1460-5     Document Type: Article

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