Pan-European Soil Erosion Assessment and Maps

Soil Erosion in Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 659-674

  Gobin, Anne ^a   Govers, Gérard ^a   Kirkby, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessing and monitoring soil erosion; CORINE approach; Europe wide soil erosion assessment; GLASOD (Global Assessment of the Current Status of Human Induced Soil Degradation); HOT SPOTS approach; IMAGE RIVM approach; Land management indicators; Pan European soil erosion assessment methods; Regional assessment methods

Indexed keywords

EROSION;

CORINE APPROACH; HOT SPOT; IMAGE/RIVM APPROACH; LAND MANAGEMENTS; REGIONAL ASSESSMENT METHODS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION;

SOILS;

EID: 77954360213     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470859202.ch47     Document Type: Chapter

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