[HTML][HTML] Soil degradation in the European Mediterranean region: Processes, status and consequences

CSS Ferreira, S Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, G Destouni… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil, a non-renewable resource, sustains life on Earth by supporting around 95% of global
food production and providing ecosystem services such as biomass production, filtration of …

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 …

Tolerable versus actual soil erosion rates in Europe

FGA Verheijen, RJA Jones, RJ Rickson, CJ Smith - Earth-Science Reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
Erosion is a major threat to soil resources in Europe, and may impair their ability to deliver a
range of ecosystem goods and services. This is reflected by the European Commission's …

Slope processes, mass movement and soil erosion: A review

AJT Guerra, MA Fullen, MCO Jorge, JFR Bezerra… - Pedosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Soil erosion and land degradation are global problems and pose major issues in many
countries. Both soil erosion and mass movement are two forms of land degradation and …

Sediment yield in Europe: Spatial patterns and scale dependency

M Vanmaercke, J Poesen, G Verstraeten, J de Vente… - Geomorphology, 2011 - Elsevier
Our understanding about the regional variation of Sediment Yield (SY) in Europe and its
scale dependency currently relies on a limited number of data for mainly larger river …

Effects of land use on annual runoff and soil loss in Europe and the Mediterranean: A meta-analysis of plot data

W Maetens, M Vanmaercke, J Poesen… - Progress in …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The largest currently compiled database of plot runoff and soil loss data in Europe and the
Mediterranean was analysed to investigate effects of land use on annual soil loss (SL) …

Gully prevention and control: Techniques, failures and effectiveness

A Frankl, J Nyssen, M Vanmaercke… - … Surface Processes and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Gully erosion is a major environmental problem, posing significant threats to sustainable
development. However, insights on techniques to prevent and control gullying are scattered …

Object-based gully feature extraction using high spatial resolution imagery

RBV Shruthi, N Kerle, V Jetten - Geomorphology, 2011 - Elsevier
Gully erosion is responsible for a substantial amount of soil loss and is generally considered
an indicator of desertification. Hence, mapping these gully features provides essential …

Assessment of UAV and ground-based structure from motion with multi-view stereo photogrammetry in a gullied savanna catchment

J Koci, B Jarihani, JX Leon, RC Sidle… - … International Journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Structure from Motion with Multi-View Stereo photogrammetry (SfM-MVS) is increasingly
used in geoscience investigations, but has not been thoroughly tested in gullied savanna …

A review of the magnitude and response times for sediment yield reductions following the rehabilitation of gullied landscapes

R Bartley, J Poesen, S Wilkinson… - Earth Surface …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Gully erosion is a major driver of elevated sediment yields across many areas of the globe,
and considerable rehabilitation has occurred to reduce the amount of sediment eroded from …