The development of U. S. soil erosion prediction and modeling

International Soil and Water Conservation Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1-11

  Laflen, John M ^a   Flanagan, Dennis C ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SOIL EROSION RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion prediction; History of erosion prediction; Soil erosion; Universal Soil Loss Equation; Water Erosion Prediction Project

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019096238     PISSN: 20956339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2095-6339(15)30034-4     Document Type: Article

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