An assessment of soil erosion probability and erosion rate in a tropical mountainous watershed using remote sensing and GIS

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 797-805

  Vijith, H ^a   Suma, M ^b   Rekha, V B ^b   Shiju, C ^b   Rejith, P G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^b MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

E30 model; Kerala; Landform; Manimala; Soil erosion; WIO

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027950346     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-010-0265-4     Document Type: Article

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