Assessment of soil erosion potential by the USLE method in Rosia Montana mining area and associated Natech events

Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-42

  Stefǎnescu, Lucrina ^a   Constantin, Veronica ^a   Surd, Vasile ^a   Ozunu, Alexandru ^a   Vlad, Serban Nicolae ^a,b  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b ECOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Mining; Natech events; Ro ia montan ; Soil erosion susceptibility; USLE

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; MINING; MOUNTAIN; OPEN PIT MINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SOIL EROSION; SOIL STABILIZATION; TOPOGRAPHY; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 80053619344     PISSN: 18424090     EISSN: 1844489X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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