A gully erosion assessment model for the Chinese Loess Plateau based on changes in gully length and area

Catena

Volumn 148, Issue , 2017, Pages 195-203

  Li, Zhen ^a,b   Zhang, Yan ^a   Zhu, Qingke ^a   Yang, Song ^a   Li, Hongjun ^a   Ma, Huan ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEBEI GEO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gullies; Remote Sensing; Satellite Images; Sediment Yield; Soil Erosion

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATCHMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EXPLORATION; GULLY; GULLY EROSION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; QUICKBIRD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION; VULNERABILITY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84969260924     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2016.04.018     Document Type: Article

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