Testing the SEDD model in Sicilian basins

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 292, 2005, Pages 152-161

  Di Stefano, Costanza ^a   Ferro, Vito ^a   Minacapilli, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distributed models; GIS; SEDD; Sediment yield measurements; Soil erosion; USLE

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; ESTIMATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION;

SEDIMENT DELIVERY DISTRIBUTED (SEDD) MODEL; SEDIMENT YIELD MEASUREMENTS; SOIL LOSS; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION (USLE);

SEDIMENTS;

GIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL EROSION;

EID: 17044422002     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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