Open AccessFuzzy modelling of slope erosion by runoff. Case study in Corinth basin, Greece
Author(s) -
Νiki Evelpidou,
Theodoros Gournelos,
Eirini Kardara,
Anna Karkani
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
revista de geomorfologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2285-6773
pISSN - 1453-5068
DOI - 10.21094/rg.2018.013
Subject(s) - surface runoff , erosion , structural basin , geology , fuzzy logic , deposition (geology) , hydrology (agriculture) , geomorphology , geotechnical engineering , computer science , ecology , artificial intelligence , biology
This research applies the fuzzy set theory via Geographical Information Systems (GIS) – based analysis, in order to model slope erosion by runoff. For this purpose, the following steps were accomplished: definition of input variables (rocks’ susceptibility to erosion, slope inclination, slope morphology), development of a fuzzy inference system based on theoretical and empirical knowledge, transformation of input to output variables (erosion – deposition) and visualization of the output variables (spatial distribution of erosion–deposition processes). The method was applied on the drainage basin of Corinth, located in the north–eastern part of Peloponnese (Greece), where a series of catastrophic erosional events have recently occurred.