Efficiency of overland flow and erosion mitigation techniques at Ribeira Seca, Santiago Island, Cape Verde

Overland Flow and Surface Runoff

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 113-135

  Ferreira, A J D ^a,c   Tavares, J ^b   Baptista, I ^b   Coelho, C O A ^c   Reis, A ^b   Varela, L ^b   Bentub, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b National Institute of Agricultural Research and Development   (Cape Verde)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

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