Natural erosion rates and their prediction in the idaho batholithi

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 689-703

  Clayton, James L ^a,b   Megahan, Walter F ^a,b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b National Council of the Paper Industry for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI)   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion; Forest soils; Granitic soil; Soil erodibility; Storm erosivity; Undisturbed rates of erosion; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STORMS; TREES (MATHEMATICS); WATERSHEDS;

EROSIVITY INDEX; GRANITIC SOILS; SURFACE EROSION;

SOILS;

EID: 0031168812     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1997.tb03542.x     Document Type: Article

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