A physically based model of the effects of forest roads on slope stability

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1-9

  Borga, Marco ^a   Tonelli, Fabrizio ^a   Selleroni, Jacopo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic effects; Forest roads; Hillslope hydrology; Runoff and streamflow; Shallow landsliding

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DRAINAGE; FORESTRY; LANDSLIDES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER RESOURCES;

GEOMORPHIC EFFECTS; ROAD INTERCEPTION; ROAD NETWORK; SHALLOW LANDSLIDING;

ROADS AND STREETS;

DRAINAGE; LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROAD; RUNOFF; SLOPE STABILITY; STREAMFLOW;

ALGORITHMS; DRAINAGE; EARTH MOVEMENT; FORESTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROADS; WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 12544256449     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003238     Document Type: Article

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