Measuring, modelling and managing gully erosion at large scales: A state of the art

M Vanmaercke, P Panagos, T Vanwalleghem… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil erosion is generally recognized as the dominant process of land degradation. The
formation and expansion of gullies is often a highly significant process of soil erosion …

How fast do gully headcuts retreat?

M Vanmaercke, J Poesen, B Van Mele… - Earth-Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Gully erosion has important on and off site effects. Therefore, several studies have been
conducted over the past decades to quantify gully headcut retreat (GHR) in different …

Soil erosion in the Anthropocene: Research needs

J Poesen - Earth surface processes and landforms, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Soil erosion is a geomorphological and, at the same time, a land degradation process that
may cause environmental and property damage, loss of livelihoods and services as well as …

Susceptibility to gully erosion: applying random forest (RF) and frequency ratio (FR) approaches to a small catchment in Ethiopia

S Amare, E Langendoen, S Keesstra, M Ploeg… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Soil erosion by gullies in Ethiopia is causing environmental and socioeconomic problems. A
sound soil and water management plan requires accurately predicted gully erosion hotspot …

Spatial assessment of land sensitivity to degradation across Romania. A quantitative approach based on the modified MEDALUS methodology

R Prăvălie, C Patriche, I Săvulescu, I Sîrodoev… - Catena, 2020 - Elsevier
Land degradation is a major environmental issue affecting numerous countries worldwide,
including certain European states. An in-depth understanding of this complex process's …

Remote sensing and nuclear techniques for high-resolution mapping and quantification of gully erosion in the highly erodible area of the Malčanska River Basin …

M Đokić, M Manić, M Đorđević, M Gocić, A Čupić… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Gully erosion leads to the formation of deep and wide channels that increase the risk of soil
loss, flooding, and water pollution. In addition, this process reduces the productivity and …

Mapping and spatial‐temporal assessment of gully density in the Middle Volga region, Russia

V Golosov, O Yermolaev, I Rysin… - Earth Surface …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A large‐scale mapping of gully density was carried out for the Middle Volga region of the
Russian Plain (188 000 km2) based on the interpretation of aerial photographs (scale 1: 17 …

Recent spatio-temporal changes of land sensitivity to degradation in Romania due to climate change and human activities: An approach based on multiple …

R Prăvălie, C Patriche, A Tişcovschi, M Dumitraşcu… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
The analysis of land degradation based on sensitivity models has become a widely used
scientific method for understanding the spatial pattern of this complex environmental …

Causes and controlling factors of Valley bottom Gullies

S Amare, S Keesstra, M van der Ploeg, E Langendoen… - Land, 2019 - mdpi.com
Valley bottomland provides diverse agricultural and ecosystem benefits. Due to
concentrated flow paths, they are more vulnerable to gully erosion than hillslope areas. The …

Cultural heritage assessment and vulnerability using Analytic Hierarchy Process and Geographic Information Systems (Valea Oii catchment, North-eastern Romania) …

IC Nicu - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2016 - Elsevier
The paper presents a method for determining the vulnerability of the landscape that can be
applied to cultural heritage sites assessment, based on spatial data gathered from historical …