Testing GIS-morphometric analysis of some Sicilian badlands

Catena

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 370-376

  Caraballo Arias, N A ^a   Conoscenti, C ^a   Di Stefano, C ^a   Ferro, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calanchi; DEM; GIS; Hack's law; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; GIS; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOMETRY; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84887827293     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2013.08.021     Document Type: Article

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