Responses of a semi-arid landscape to human disturbance: A simulation study of the interaction between rock fragment cover, soil erosion and land use change

Geoderma

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 19-31

  Govers, G ^a   Van Oost, K ^b   Poesen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Landscape response; Rock fragment cover; SPEROS model; Tillage erosion; Water erosion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTIVATION; EROSION; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCKS;

LANDSCAPE RESPONSE; ROCK FRAGMENT COVER; SPEROS MODEL; TILLAGE EROSION; WATER EROSION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIMULATION; SOIL EROSION; TILLAGE; TIMESCALE; WATER EROSION;

CULTIVATION; EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCK; SIMULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 33646835740     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2006.03.034     Document Type: Article

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