Indices of sediment connectivity: opportunities, challenges and limitations

T Heckmann, M Cavalli, O Cerdan, S Foerster… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Indices of connectivity are critical means for moving from qualitative to (semi-) quantitative
evaluations of material (eg, water, sediment and nutrients) transfer across the building …

Assessment of heavy-metal pollution in three different Indian water bodies by combination of multivariate analysis and water pollution indices

V Kumar, A Sharma, R Kumar, R Bhardwaj… - … and ecological risk …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Water quality is a big concern for the humankind as it is the most important natural resource.
However, the non-controlled growth of rural and urban areas in rapidly developed countries …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of land use and land cover change on groundwater recharge in northwestern Bangladesh

MS Siddik, SS Tulip, A Rahman, MN Islam… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Groundwater recharge is affected by various anthropogenic activities, land use and land
cover (LULC) change among these. The long-term temporal and seasonal changes in LULC …

Effectiveness of cover crops to reduce loss of soil organic matter in a rainfed vineyard

M López-Vicente, E Calvo-Seas, S Álvarez, A Cerdà - Land, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cover crops (CCs) minimize the loss of soil in permanent cropping systems where the soil is
usually bare due to intense tillage or overuse of herbicides. The topsoil, the richer layer in …

Three decades of ephemeral gully erosion studies

G Liu, F Zheng, GV Wilson, X Xu, C Liu - Soil and Tillage Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Although concern for ephemeral gully (EG) erosion has been growing within the research
community, knowledge gaps still need to be identified for a state-of-the-art review. This …

Accounting for uncertainty in real-time flood inundation mapping using HAND model: Iowa case study

Z Li, J Mount, I Demir - Natural Hazards, 2022 - Springer
This study examines the uncertainties associated with a rapid flood inundation mapping
approach based on height above the nearest drainage (HAND) model's parameters, inputs …

Soil erosion as an environmental concern in vineyards: The case study of Celler del Roure, Eastern Spain, by means of rainfall simulation experiments

J Rodrigo-Comino, S Keesstra, A Cerdà - Beverages, 2018 - mdpi.com
Soil erosion in vineyards is considered as an environmental concern as it depletes soil
fertility and causes damage in the fields and downstream. High soil and water losses …

The effects of land use and topographic changes on sediment connectivity in mountain catchments

M Llena, D Vericat, M Cavalli, S Crema… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Understanding the evolution of sediment connectivity associated with different land use and
topographic changes is a prerequisite for a better understanding of sediment budgets and …

Assessing sediment connectivity and soil erosion by water in a representative catchment on the Loess Plateau, China

G Zhao, P Gao, P Tian, W Sun, J Hu, X Mu - Catena, 2020 - Elsevier
The hydrological connectivity on the Loess Plateau has been greatly altered by soil and
water conservation measures in the past six decades, leading to significant reduction in …

Challenges of mapping, modelling and quantifying sediment connectivity

J Hooke, J Souza - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Major advances continue to be made in development and application of the connectivity
concept as a framework for analysis of runoff and sediment fluxes in catchments and …