Natural and anthropogenic controls on soil erosion in the internal betic Cordillera (southeast Spain)

Catena

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 190-200

  Bellin, N ^a   Vanacker, V ^a   van Wesemael, B ^a   Sole Benet A ^b   Bakker, M M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Check dams; Land degradation; Sediment yield; Semi arid; Soil erosion; Spain

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; DAM; DRAINAGE; EROSION RATE; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; OVERLAND FLOW; RAINFALL; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEMIARID REGION; SLOPE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY;

BETIC CORDILLERA; SPAIN;

EID: 79960929741     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.05.022     Document Type: Article

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