Importance of rural roads as source areas for runoff in mountainous areas of northern Thailand

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 196, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 204-229

  Ziegler, Alan D ^a   Giambelluca, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISK PERMEAMETERS;

EROSION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; LAND USE; PERMEAMETERS (MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY); RAIN; RUNOFF; RURAL ROADS; WATERSHEDS;

HYDROLOGY;

INFILTRATION; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

INFILTRATION; MOUNTAIN CATCHMENT; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; RAINFALL RUNOFF; ROAD; ROADS; RUNOFF; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL EROSION; UNPAVED;

THAILAND;

EID: 0031238524     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03288-X     Document Type: Article

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