Environmental factors controlling spatial variation in sediment yield in a central Andean mountain area

Geomorphology

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 176-186

  Molina, Armando ^a   Govers, Gerard ^a   Poesen, Jean ^a   Van Hemelryck, Hendrik ^a   De Bièvre, Bert ^a,c   Vanacker, Veerle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE CUENCA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Andes; Checkdams; Erosion; Land use; Sediment yield; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EROSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RILL; SEDIMENT YIELD; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION COVER;

ANDES; ECUADOR; PAUTE BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 44649142098     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.12.025     Document Type: Article

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