Soil erosion in gully catchments affected by land-levelling measures in the Souss Basin, Morocco, analysed by rainfall simulation and UAV remote sensing data

Catena

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-40

  Peter, Klaus Daniel ^a   d'Oleire Oltmanns, Sebastian ^b   Ries, Johannes B ^a   Marzolff, Irene ^b   Ait Hssaine, Ali ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c IBN ZOHR UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Gully; Land levelling; Rainfall simulation; SFAP; Soil erosion; UAV

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; GULLY; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LEVELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SOIL EROSION; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

MOROCCO; SOUSS BASIN; SOUSS-MASSA-DRAA;

EID: 84885203042     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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