Hydraulics and erosion in eroding rills

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 865-876

  Nearing, M A ^a   Norton, L D ^a   Bulgakov, D A ^a   Larionov, G A ^b   West, L T ^c   Dontsova, K M ^a  

^a NATIONAL SOIL EROSION RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; FLOW VELOCITY; RILL EROSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEDIMENTS;

BED STRUCTURES; EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY; HYDRAULIC FRICTION; HYDRAULIC VARIABLES; LOGISTIC CURVES; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SLOPE GRADIENTS; WATER TRANSPORT;

EROSION;

EID: 0030619010     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR00013     Document Type: Article

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