Ephemeral gullies. A spatial and temporal analysis of their characteristics, importance and prediction

Ephemeral gully erosion is a significant water erosion process, accounting for c. 50% of the total sediment production in agricultural catchments in the Belgian loess belt. Yet, during the last decades most soil erosion research has mainly focused on standard runoff plots. As a consequence, interril...

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Main Authors: Jeroen Nachtergaele, Jean Poesen, Gerard Govers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography 2002-06-01
Series:Belgeo
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/16167