Characteristics and controlling factors of old gullies under forest in a temperate humid climate: A case study from the Meerdaal Forest (Central Belgium)

Geomorphology

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 15-29

  Vanwalleghem, T ^a,b   Van Den Eeckhaut, M ^b   Poesen, J ^b   Deckers, J ^b   Nachtergaele, J ^b   Van Oost, K ^b   Slenters, C ^b  

^a RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Central Belgium; Gully erosion under forest; Human induced land use changes; Topographical thresholds

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GULLY; LAND USE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATE FOREST;

BELGIUM; MEERDAAL FOREST;

EID: 0242658946     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(03)00043-6     Document Type: Article

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