Modelling the impact of forest loss on shallow landslide sediment yield, Ijuez river catchment, Spanish Pyrenees

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 569-583

  Bathurst, James C ^a   Moretti, Greta ^b   El Hames, Ahmed ^c   Beguería, Santiago ^d   García Ruiz, Jose M ^e  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Ingenieurburo Winkler und Partner GmbH   (Germany)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catchment model; DAMOCLES; Forest impact; Land use impact; Landslide; Model calibration; Sediment yield; SHETRAN

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DEBRIS FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FOREST CLEARANCE; FOREST COVER; FORESTED CATCHMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSLIDE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IJUEZ RIVER; PYRENEES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33846374317     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-11-569-2007     Document Type: Article

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