Soil aggregation, erodibility, and erosion rates in mountain soils (NW Alps, Italy)

Solid Earth

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 403-414

  Stanchi, S ^a   Falsone, G ^b   Bonifacio, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); CARBON; CATCHMENTS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; MIRRORS; ORGANIC CARBON; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; STABILITY; VEGETATION;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS; NATURAL EVOLUTION; PHYSICAL PROTECTION; REGRESSION RESIDUALS; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATIONS; SOIL EROSION RATE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

AGGLOMERATION;

ERODIBILITY; EROSION RATE; MOUNTAIN REGION; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL STRUCTURE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; SOIL;

ALPS;

EID: 84928537235     PISSN: 18699510     EISSN: 18699529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/se-6-403-2015     Document Type: Article

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