Soil erosion prediction at the basin scale using the revised universal soil loss equation (RUSLE) in a catchment of Sicily (southern Italy)

Environmental Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1129-1140

  Onori, Filippo ^a   De Bonis, Piero ^a   Grauso, Sergio ^b  

^a ENEA CR Portici   (Italy)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

137Cs; Erosion prediction; Reservoir; RUSLE; Sicily; Soil loss

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENTS;

137CS; EROSION PREDICTION; RUSLE; SICILY; SOIL LOSS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

CATCHMENT; DESERTIFICATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; PREDICTION; RAINGAUGE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR; SILTATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL QUALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33747647486     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0286-1     Document Type: Article

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