Soil erosion at three experimental sites in the mediterranean

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1243-1256

  Romero Diaz A ^a   Cammeraat, L H ^b   Vacca, A ^c   Kosmas, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Erosion plots; Land use; Mediterranean; Runoff; Sediment yield; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

EROSION CONTROL; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION COVER;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0033366947     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199912)24:13<1243::AID-ESP43>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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