Mound measurements - quantifying medium-term soil erosion under olive trees in Northern Jordan

Geomorphology

Volumn 213, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-12

  Kraushaar, S ^a   Herrmann, N ^b   Ollesch, G ^c   Vogel, H J ^a,d   Siebert, C ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

^c Elbe River Catchment Communities Liaison Office   (Germany)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erosion; Jordan; Mediterranean; Olives; Soil degradation

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; ORCHARD; SEDIMENT YIELD; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLOPE FAILURE; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; TOPOGRAPHY;

JORDAN;

OLEACEAE;

EID: 84898055068     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.12.021     Document Type: Article

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