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Assessing, measuring and modelling erosion in calanchi areas: A review
Vito FerroNathalie Almaru Caraballo-ariassubject
BadlandCalanchiDimensional analysi010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences0208 environmental biotechnologydimensional analysisFluvialTerrainBioengineering02 engineering and technology01 natural sciencesIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineeringlcsh:AgricultureMorphometric analysiself-similarity.TributaryGeotechnical engineeringlcsh:Agriculture (General)Geomorphology0105 earth and related environmental sciencesgeographygeography.geographical_feature_categorymorphometric analysisLandformMechanical Engineeringlcsh:Sbadlandslcsh:S1-972020801 environmental engineeringSelf-similarityMorphometric analysisErosionSoil erosionBadlands; Calanchi; Dimensional analysis; Morphometric analysis; Self-similarity; Soil erosion; Bioengineering; Mechanical Engineering; Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringGeologydescription
Calanchi are erosion landforms characterised by a heavily dissected terrain with steep, unvegetated slopes and channels with a dendritic pattern, which rapidly incise and extend headwards. Recent literature focusing on badland systems highlights their similarity with other larger fluvial landforms, stating that these behave as a full size laboratory, due to their rapid development in space and time and to the diversity of geomorphic processes involved. In this paper, a brief review of the most important results on badland research is firstly presented. Then, the morphometric similarity between calanchi and other erosion landforms is discussed. Finally, models quantitatively relating the volume of sediments eroded from calanchi landforms and a set of geometric features of their tributary areas, by exploiting the dimensional analysis and the self-similarity theory, are presented.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-01 |