Factors controlling the spatial distribution of soil piping erosion on loess-derived soils: A case study from central Belgium

Geomorphology

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 339-348

  Verachtert, E ^a   Van Den Eeckhaut, M ^a,b   Poesen, J ^a   Deckers, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flemish Ardennes; Loess; Soil piping erosion; Subsurface flow; Topographical threshold

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GULLY EROSION; HILLSLOPE; LAND USE; LOESS; ORTHOPHOTO; PIPING; SLOPE ANGLE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROFILE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ARDENNES [WESTERN EUROPE]; BELGIUM;

EID: 77952885903     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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