A regional analysis of the effects of largest events on soil erosion

Catena

Volumn 95, Issue , 2012, Pages 85-90

  Gonzalez Hidalgo, J Carlos ^a   Batalla, Ramon J ^b,c,d   Cerda, Artemio ^e   de Luis, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c Forest Science Center of Catalonia   (Spain)

^d CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Daily events; Regional analyses; Soil erosion; USLE database

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DATA SET; DATABASE; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SOIL EROSION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859799981     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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