Testing alternative erosivity indices to predict event soil loss from bare plots in Southern Italy

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 789-797

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Erosivity index; Predicting soil loss; Runoff ratio; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

ERODIBILITY; EROSIVITY; PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE; PREDICTING SOIL LOSS; SIMPLE METHOD; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL LOSS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOUTHERN ITALY; STORM EROSION; TEMPORAL SCALE;

FORECASTING; RUNOFF; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

SOIL TESTING;

ERODIBILITY; EROSIVITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PREDICTION; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

ITALY;

EID: 77949579048     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7538     Document Type: Article

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