From Slope Morphometry to Morphogenetic Processes: An Integrated Approach of Field Survey, Geographic Information System Morphometric Analysis and Statistics in Italian Badlands

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 851-862

  Cappadonia, Chiara ^a   Coco, Laura ^b   Buccolini, Marcello ^b   Rotigliano, Edoardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calanchi and badlands; Morphogenetic processes; Sicily (Italy); Slope morphometry; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURVEYING; SURVEYS;

CALANCHI AND BADLANDS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; INTEGRATED APPROACH; ITALIAN PENINSULA; MORPHOGENETIC PROCESS; MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRY; SICILY (ITALY);

LANDFORMS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GIS; HILLSLOPE; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL EROSION; TERRAIN;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84949238802     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2449     Document Type: Article

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