Methods to describe and predict soil erosion in mountain regions

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 88, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 46-53

  Alewell, Christine ^a   Meusburger, Katrin ^a   Brodbeck, Monika ^a   Bänninger, Dominik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Modelling; Remote sensing; Soil degradation; Stable isotopes; The Alps

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANOXIC WATER; ANTENNAS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; FERTILIZERS; FLOW OF WATER; ISOTOPES; LANDSLIDES; MODELS; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; REMOTE SENSING; TOPOGRAPHY; WETLANDS;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; CARBON AND NITROGEN; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; SOIL DEGRADATION; SPATIAL DISCRETIZATIONS; STABLE ISOTOPES; THE ALPS;

SOILS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; LANDSLIDE; MAPPING METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; PREDICTION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER FLOW;

EID: 44349134673     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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