Assessment of soil degradation susceptibility in the chacabuco province of central chile using a morphometry based response units approach

Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-53

  Maerker, Michael ^a   Paz Castro, Carmen ^b   Pelacani, Samanta ^a   Soto Baeuerle, Maria Victoria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

CART; Central valley Chile; Degradation processes; Geomorphology; Terrain analysis

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; MORPHOMETRY; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL DEGRADATION;

CENTRAL VALLEY [CHILE]; CHACABUCO; CHILE; METROPOLITANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 48249136609     PISSN: 03919838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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