ABSTRACT The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Structure from Motion (SfM) techniques can contribute to increase the accessibility, accuracy, and resolution of Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) used for soil erosion monitoring. This study aimed to evaluate the use of four DEMs obtained over a year to monitor erosion processes in an erosion-degraded area, with occurrence of rill and gully erosions, and its correlation with accumulated rainfall during the studied period. The DEMs of Geomorphic Change Detection (GCD) of […]

Gully erosion are very common in areas with gneiss basement rocks. Their development is strongly influenced by subsuperficial processes, although the surface ones are also important. This study aimed to investigate the subsuperficial erosion mechanisms of these gullies and to understand how mineralogy and texture could influence the saprolite erodibility. Some basic trials and erodibility tests were carried out in representative samples, with imphasis to especially the pin-hole test. The results showed that seepage erosion does not occur and that […]