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CONTACT PERSON |
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Name |
Dr.
C. Kosmas |
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1.2
Address |
Agricultural
University of Athens, Laboratory of
Soils and Agriculture Chemistry, Iera Odos 75,
Botanikos 11855, Athens, Greece. |
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1.3
Tel |
+30
1 5294097 |
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1.4
Fax |
+30
1 3460885 |
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1.5
E-mail |
1sos2kok@auadec.aua.ariadne-t.gr |
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1.6
List other researchers involved: |
Dr.
N. Danalatos |
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WATER EROSION |
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2.1
mm2 - cm2: |
Dynamics
of soil aggregation |
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2.2
m2: |
Soil
surface dynamics: physical degradation (surface sealing, crusting)
and its impact on surface roughness, infiltration and runoff |
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WIND EROSION |
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MASS MOVEMENTS |
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TILLAGE EROSION |
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Spatial
scale considered: |
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TEMPORAL SCALE OF EXPERIMENTS |
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6.1
Events |
events
only |
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DESCRIPTION OF EROSION FACTORS STUDIED |
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7.5
Management: |
The
effect of land use on soil erosion rates. |
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FIELD EXPERIMENTS Description of the field site and
of the type of experiments and equipment involved for each of
the erosion processes being studied: |
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8.1
Erosion process: |
Plots
30 m2 each (12 plots) |
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8.2
Location (town, state, country): |
Spata,
Attica, Greece |
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8.3
Equipment involved: |
Automatically
recording of runoff in a data logger every 5 min. |
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LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS Description of the laboratory
and the type of experiments and equipment involved for each
of the erosion processes studied: |
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REMARKS |
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LIST RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS |
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Kosmas,
C.S.; Moustakas, N.; Danalotos, N.G. and Yassoglou, N. (1995).
The effect of land use change on soil properties and erosion
along a catena. In: J. Thornes and J. Brandt (Eds), Mediterranean
Desertification and Land Use. J. Wiley and Sons, Chichester
(in press).
Kosmas,
C.S.; Danalatos, N.G. and Yassoglou, N. (1995). The effect
of parent material and land use on soil erosion rates under
Mediterranean conditions. In: A. Grove (Ed), Mediterranean
Europe: Desertification, sutainability, land and water management
(in press).
Moustakas,
N.; Kosmas, C.; Danalatos, N. and Yassoglou, N. Rock fragments
I. (1995) Their effect on runoff, erosion and soil properties
under field conditions, Soil Use under Management J.
(in press).
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