Assessing the susceptibility to water-induced soil erosion using a geomorphological, bivariate statistics-based approach

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1801-1820

  Magliulo, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bivariate statistics; Geomorphology; GIS; Southern Italy; Susceptibility; Water induced soil erosion

Indexed keywords

AREAL DENSITIES; BASIN SCALE; BIVARIATE; CLASSICAL TECHNIQUES; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; GULLY EROSION; RILL EROSION; RUNNING WATERS; SLOPE ANGLES; SLOPE ASPECT; SOIL ERODIBILITY; SOIL EROSION; SOUTHERN ITALY; SUSCEPTIBILITY MAPS; THEMATIC MAPS;

EROSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAPS; SOILS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

ERODIBILITY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; GULLY; GULLY EROSION; LITHOLOGY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RILL; SHEET EROSION; SLOPE ANGLE; SOIL EROSION; WATER EROSION;

ITALY;

EID: 84868544293     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1634-y     Document Type: Article

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