A comparison between soil loss evaluation index and the C-factor of RUSLE: a case study in the Loess Plateau of China

Land use and land cover are most important in quantifying soil erosion. Based on the C-factor of the popular soil erosion model, Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) and a scale-pattern-process theory in landscape ecology, we proposed a multi-scale soil loss evaluation index (SL) to evaluate...

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Main Authors: W. W. Zhao, B. J. Fu, L. D. Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-08-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/16/2739/2012/hess-16-2739-2012.pdf