Geospatial and visual modeling for exploring sediment source areas across the Sele river landscape, Italy

Italian Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 85-92

  Diodato, Nazzareno ^a   Fagnano, Massimo ^b   Alberico, Ines ^b  

^a Met European Research Observatory   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geospatial techniques; GIS; RUSLE; Soil erosion; Southern italy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ERODIBILITY; EROSION RATE; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; SELE RIVER;

EID: 84857300499     PISSN: 11254718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ija.2011.e14     Document Type: Article

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