New insights into the geography and modelling of wind erosion in the European agricultural land. Application of a spatially explicit indicator of land susceptibility to wind erosion

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 8823-8836

  Borrelli, Pasquale ^a   Panagos, Panos ^a   Montanarella, Luca ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental indicators; Land susceptibility; Policy making; Soil degradation; Soil protection

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DATA SET; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GIS; POLICY MAKING; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL REMEDIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WIND EROSION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84941889556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7078823     Document Type: Article

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