Thirty years of studies on badlands, from physical to vegetational approaches. A succinct review

Catena

Volumn 106, Issue , 2013, Pages 4-11

  Gallart, Francesc ^a   Marignani, Michela ^b   Pérez Gallego, Nuria ^a   Santi, Elisa ^c   MacCherini, Simona ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Badlands; Erosion rates; Modelling; Reclamation; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BADLANDS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EROSION RATE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAND RECLAMATION; LANDFORM; LITERATURE REVIEW; LITHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIPING; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 84875821176     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.02.008     Document Type: Review

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