Monitoring of erosion on two calanchi fronts - Northern Sicily (Italy)

• Autorzy: Cappadonia C. , Conoscenti C. , Rotigliano E.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In the present research, two neighbouring calanchi fronts have been monitored by means of repeated readings on erosion pins, that were carried out between November 2006 and October 2008. During the monitoring period, a gauge station has been recording rainfalls, allowing us to compute the Rainfall-Runoff Erosivity Factor of the USLE model. The research highlighted: i) a general correspondence between rainfalls temporal trends and surface variation rhythms; ii) alternating erosion and deposition phases result in a retreat of the "calanchi" fronts.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

water erosion; calanchi; monitoring; Sicily

• Wydawca: Stowarzyszenie Geomorfologów Polskich
• Czasopismo: Landform Analysis
• Rocznik: 2011
• Tom: Vol. 17
• Strony: 21--25
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 4 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Cappadonia C.

autor

Conoscenti C.

autor

Rotigliano E.

• Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare (DiSTeM), Universita degli Studi di Palermo, Italy,

Bibliografia

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