Soil erosion assessment and its correlation with landslide events using remote sensing data and GIS: A case study at Penang Island, Malaysia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 715-727

  Pradhan, Biswajeet ^a,b   Chaudhari, Amruta ^a,c   Adinarayana, J ^c   Buchroithner, Manfred F ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Frequency ratio analysis; GIS; Land use cover; Landslides; Malaysia; Remote sensing; Soil erosion; USLE

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; LANDSLIDES; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS; SPACE OPTICS;

FREQUENCY RATIO ANALYSIS; LAND USE/COVER; MALAYSIA; SOIL EROSION; USLE;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; CORRELATION; GIS; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LANDSLIDE; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL EROSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LANDSLIDE; MALAYSIA; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL EROSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

MALAYSIA; PENANG; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 85027941774     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-1996-8     Document Type: Article

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