Evaluation of the SEDD model for predicting sediment yield at the Sicilian experimental SPA2 basin

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1094-1109

  Di Stefano, Costanza ^a   Ferro, Vito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distributed models; Experimental basin; Sediment delivery; Sediment yield; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; ESTIMATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RAIN;

RAINFALL EROSIVITY FACTOR; SEDIMENT DELIVERY DISTRIBUTED MODEL; SEDIMENT YIELD;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; ESTIMATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RAIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EROSIVITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HILLSLOPE; MODELING; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250856327     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1465     Document Type: Article

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