Soil Erosion Network: Monitoring Metadata
Orcia River Valley, Italy, 1990-94, "Bad-Lands" Erosion Features, Water Erosion

 
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1 Contact person
1.1 Name Dr. Ermanno Busoni
1.2 Address C.N.R. C.S. Genesi, Classificazione Cartografia del Suolo P. le delle Cascine, 15 50144 Firenze - Italia
1.3 Tel +39 O55 360517/352051
1.4 Fax +39 O55 321148
1.5 Email
1.6 Other researchers involved: Torri Calzolari Colica, del Sette, Monaci, Chiaverini, Chiarucci, De Dominicis, Maccherini
2 Survey Details
2.1 Dates of erosion monitoring survey: (1990-1994) since 1990
2.1 Water/wind erosion? Water erosion
2.3 Area monitored: Upper and middle Orcia river valley, Central Italy 23.000 ha
2.4 Character of area: Pliocene marine fine sediments; distensive tectonics in neogenic basin; badlands erosion forms, gullies, Mediterranean climate
2.5 Frequency of monitoring: Seasonally on field; some years interval photo interpretation
2.6 What fraction of fields in the monitored area were included in the survey? What fraction of fields in the monitored area were included in the survey?
Fields showing erosional forms and mass movements, 2 pilot areas undergoing severe erosion
2.7 How were estimates of erosion made? Terrestrial photogrammetry, DTM techniques, measures on aerophotos
2.8 Were air photographs used? Yes, several, different scale and date flights; Landsat TM (April and September 1987)
2.9 For each erosion site, information recorded: Location, contributing area, topography, morphology (slope length, gradient, elevation, aspect, surface roughness, slope shape), erosion features, soil volume removed, land cover (vegetation, land use), soil type
 

 

2.10 Data obtained from elsewhere: Climatic data
2.11 Data calculated from above information: Erosion rate
2.12 Meterological station density and type: 1 fully equipped meteo station (ours); 5 rain gauges (National Network); 1 thermopluviometric (National Network)
2.13 Length of record of meterological data: Variable from 60 to 2 years depending on the station
3. Associated Work
3.1 Associated experimental or plot-based work: Process based studies (TORRI)
3.2 Associated modelling work:
4. Documentation
4.1 Published reports of the monitoring survey and/or results:
(Introductory papers Soriano M.D.; Colica A., Torri D.-Estudio preliminar de la influencia de la estructura y propietades de los materiales en la evolucion de badlands. Estudios de geomorfologia en Espana. Actas: II reunion nacional de geomorfologia, Murcia 23-25 Sept. 1992 Tomo I, p. 183-191 (1992).

Calzolari C., Ristori J., Sparvoli E. -Soils of "biancana" bad lands: distribution, characteristrics and genesis in Beccanello farm (Tuscany, Italy) C.N.R. Centro Studio Gen. Class. Cart. Suolo. Quaderni di Scienza del Suolo, Vol V. P.119-142, (1993).

Busonie., Salvador Sanchism. P., Calzolari C., Romagnoli A. Mass movements and erosion hazard patterns by multivariate analaysis of landscape integrated data: the Val d'Orcia case. Presented at: "Experimental geomorphology and landscape ecosystem changes, Leuven, 22-27 March 1993.

Calzolari C., Ristori J., Busoni E., Chiarucci A. -Morphology development in a "biancana" badland area and relationships with soils and vegetation. Presented at: "Soil erosion in semiarid Mediterranean areas" Taormina, Italy, Oct 28-30 (1993).

Chiarucci A., De Domincis V., Ristori J., Calzolari C. "Biancana" badland vegetation in relation to morphology and soil in Orcia Valley, central Italy. Phytogeologia, Berlin Stuttgart.

4.2 Other relevant publications:
 
5. Availability
5.1 Erosion/land use data: On request subject to GCTE policy
5.2 Meterological data: Mostly public data
6. Other Information
6.1 Is the monitoring survey ongoing? Yes
6.2 Funding agency for the survey: Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche
6.3 Any other details:

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