The erodibility of upland soils and the design of preafforestation drainage networks in the United Kingdom

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 11, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 1963-1980

  Carling, Paul A ^a   Glaister, Mark S ^b   Flintham, Tim P ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Two Jays   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulk soil properties; Cultivation; Erosion control; Forestry drainage; Peat; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC FLUME; PLOUGHING;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CULTIVATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DRAINAGE; EROSION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PEAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

DRAINAGE; EROSION; NETWORK; SOIL;

CULTIVATION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; EROSION CONTROL; FORESTRY; SOIL ERODIBILITY; SOIL EROSION; UPLANDS;

UK;

EID: 0031430559     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199712)11:15<1963::AID-HYP542>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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