Erosion modeling of past land-use practices in the Fiume di Sotto di Troina river valley, north-central Sicily

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-167

  Ayala, Gianna ^a   French, Charly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; HOLOCENE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PASTORALISM; PEDOLOGY; SOIL EROSION;

ITALY; NEBRODI MOUNTAINS; SICILY;

EID: 13844275250     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20041     Document Type: Article

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