Characteristics and importance of rill and gully erosion: A case study in a small catchment of a marginal olive grove;Características e importancia de la erosión en cárcavas y regueros: Un caso de estudio en una microcuenca de olivar

Cuadernos de Investigacion Geografica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 107-126

  Taguas, E V ^a   Guzman E ^a   Guzman G ^a   Vanwalleghem, T ^a   Gomez J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concentrated runoff; Ephemeral gullies; Olive crop; Rills; Total sediment load

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930833564     PISSN: 02116820     EISSN: 16979540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18172/cig.2644     Document Type: Article

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