Applying erosion damage mapping to assess and quantify off-site effects of soil erosion in Switzerland

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 353-366

  Ledermann, T ^a   Herweg, K ^a   Liniger, H P ^a   Schneider, F ^a   Hurni, H ^a   Prasuhn, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Erosion damage mapping; Muddy floods; Off site effects; Rill erosion; Sheet erosion; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

EROSION DAMAGE; MUDDY FLOODS; RILL EROSION; SHEET EROSION; SITE EFFECTS; SWITZERLAND;

FLOODS; LAND USE; MAPPING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOILS;

EROSION;

DAMAGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FLOOD; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; NATIONAL PLANNING; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RILL; RUNOFF; SHEET EROSION; SITE EFFECT; SLOPE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER EROSION;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77956493115     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1008     Document Type: Article

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