Slope curvature influence on soil erosion and deposition processes

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 607-617

  Di Stefano, C ^a   Ferro, V ^a   Porto, P ^a   Tusa, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVATURE; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; SEDIMENTATION; SLOPE; SOIL EROSION;

EID: 0033960091     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900157     Document Type: Article

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