Scale effects on the estimation of erosion thresholds through a distributed and physically-based hydrological model

Geomorphology

Volumn 153-154, Issue , 2012, Pages 115-126

  Millares, A ^a   Gulliver, Z ^a   Polo, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model; Erosion threshold; Gullying; Physically based hydrological model; Scale effects; Slope area relationship

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GULLY EROSION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; RUNOFF; SCALE EFFECT; SHEAR STRESS; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84859423006     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.02.016     Document Type: Article

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