Relationships between a new slope morphometric index and calanchi erosion in northern Sicily, Italy

Geomorphology

Volumn 149-150, Issue , 2012, Pages 41-48

  Buccolini, Marcello ^a   Coco, Laura ^a   Cappadonia, Chiara ^b   Rotigliano, Edoardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Badlands processes; Drainage network; Slope morphometry

Indexed keywords

BADLANDS; DRAINAGE NETWORK; HYDROGRAPHY; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOMETRY; OUTCROP; SILTY CLAY; SLOPE; SOIL EROSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84857784552     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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