A GIS-based approach for gully erosion susceptibility modelling: A test in Sicily, Italy

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1179-1195

  Conoscenti, Christian ^a   Agnesi, Valerio ^a   Angileri, Silvia ^a   Cappadonia, Chiara ^a   Rotigliano, Edoardo ^a   Märker, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

GIS; Gully erosion; Sicily; Susceptibility models; Validation test

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; GULLY EROSION; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SICILY; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; TOPOGRAPHIC WETNESS INDEX; VALIDATION TEST;

CASE BASED REASONING; EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; MAPS; MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEXTURES; TOOLS; WATERSHEDS;

MULTIVARIABLE SYSTEMS;

ASPECT; CURVATURE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; GULLY EROSION; LANDFORM; MODELING; RIVER BASIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLOPE; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM; WATER EROSION; WATERSHED;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84884138707     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-2205-y     Document Type: Article

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