Prehistoric and Roman gullying in the European loess belt: A case study from central Belgium

Holocene

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 393-401

  Vanwalleghem, T ^a   Bork, H R ^b   Poesen, J ^a   Dotterweich, M ^b   Schmidtchen, G ^b   Deckers, J ^a   Scheers, S ^a   Martens, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c Vlaams Instituut Voor Het Onroerend Erfgoed (VIOE)   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ancient forest; Belgian loess belt; Gully erosion; Land use; Landscape evolution; Prehistoric; Roman

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; GULLY EROSION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PREHISTORIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; SOIL EROSION;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646357269     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683606hl935rp     Document Type: Article

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