Effects of biological soil crusts on surface roughness and implications for runoff and erosion

Geomorphology

Volumn 145-146, Issue , 2012, Pages 81-89

  Rodríguez Caballero, Emilio ^a   Cantón, Yolanda ^a   Chamizo, Sonia ^b   Afana, Ashraf ^b   Solé Benet, Albert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological soil crust; Erosion; Laser scanner; Roughness; Runoff; Surface storage

Indexed keywords

EROSION; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; RAINDROP; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CRUST; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84856954794     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.12.042     Document Type: Article

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