Field investigation of rill and ephemeral gully erosion in the Sparacia experimental area, South Italy

Catena

Volumn 101, Issue , 2013, Pages 226-234

  Di Stefano, C ^a   Ferro, V ^a   Pampalone, V ^a   Sanzone, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ephemeral gully; Erosion measurements; Erosion modelling; Rill; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; EPHEMERAL STREAM; EROSION RATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELDWORK; FLOW PATTERN; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GULLY EROSION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; INTERRILL EROSION; RILL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SLOPE; SOIL EROSION;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84869888797     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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