Causes and underlying processes of measurement variability in field erosion plots in Mediterranean conditions

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-101

  Boix Fayos, C ^a   Martinez Mena M ^a   Calvo Cases, A ^b   Arnau Rosalen E ^b   Albaladejo, J ^a   Castillo, V ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Erosion plots; Exhaustion of material; Field methods; Measurement variability; Scale dependence; Soil erosion; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

EROSION PLOTS; FIELD METHODS; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL PATTERN;

EROSION;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; EROSION; HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

EROSION RATE; FIELD METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONITORING; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DATA;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33846434493     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1382     Document Type: Article

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