A new expression of the slope length factor to apply USLE-MM at Sparacia experimental area (Southern Italy)

Catena

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 21-26

  Bagarello, V ^a   Ferro, V ^a   Pampalone, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Plot scale; Predictive models; Scale effects; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EROSION CONTROL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MODEL TEST; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER EROSION;

ITALY;

EID: 84871921631     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.06.008     Document Type: Article

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