Soil piping is a widespread, although often overlooked land degradation process. So far,
subsurface soil erosion studies have been focused on the importance of soil piping in …

Molding water content and compaction degree are the major factors driving differences in
the microstructure, which has a control on the permeability of compacted loess. Although the …

It is of fundamental importance to model the relationship between geo-environmental factors
and piping erosion because of the environmental degradation attributed to soil loss …

Golestan, a province in the North-East of Iran, is characterized by high coverage of loess
deposits. Since 1963, the area has experienced approximately 200,000 ha deforestation …

Gully erosion is an important soil degradation process, which under climate changes is
projected to increase. Therefore, better understating of factors controlling gully erosion and …

Internal erosion is a complex phenomenon that is one of the main risk factors to soil
destruction. Its occurrence is mainly due to water infiltration and can cause slope …

Irrigation-induced shallow loess landslides on south bank of the Jing River, Shaanxi
Province, usually occur on slopes where loess flowslides had previously occurred. Two …

When the effect of two soil erosion features, in this study, gully headcuts (GHs) and pipe
collapses (PCs), is investigated jointly, a new comprehensive concept related to their …

Nowadays, the detection and automatic identification of the three-dimensional structure of
sinkholes is extremely lacking, which has resulted in significant gaps in sinkholes mapping …

Gully erosion can be a serious threat to ecologic and socio-economic stability. Although
gully erosion intensity is highly impacted by catchment area changes, few studies have …