The impact of vegetation on the stability of dispersive material forming biancane badlands in Val d'Orcia, Tuscany, Central Italy

Catena

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 260-266

  Bierbaß, Peggy ^a   Wündsch, Michael ^a   Michalzik, Beate ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biancane badlands; Exchangeable sodium percentage; Hillslope stability; Organic matter content; Plant cover; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

BADLANDS; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; DISPERSION; ERODIBILITY; HILLSLOPE; INFILTRATION; LEACHING; SLOPE STABILITY; SODIUM; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; VEGETATION COVER;

ITALY; ORCIA VALLEY; TUSCANY;

EID: 84887627895     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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