Predicting unit plot soil loss in Sicily, south Italy

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 586-595

  Bagarello, V ^a   Di Piazza, G V ^a   Ferro, V ^a   Giordano, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Erosivity index; Soil loss; USLE

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF; SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

EROSIVITY INDEX; SOIL ERODIBILITY FACTOR; SOIL LOSS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PREDICTION; RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL WATER; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; WATER CONTENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 40149100678     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6621     Document Type: Article

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