Effects of surface rock fragment characteristics on interrill runoff and erosion of a silty loam soil

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 81-95

  De Figueiredo, Tomás ^a   Poesen, Jean ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Interrill erosion; Rock fragment characteristics; Splash; Temporal evolution; Wash

Indexed keywords

INFILTRATION; INTERRILL EROSION; LOAM; ROCK FRAGMENT; RUNOFF;

BRAGONCA; PORTUGAL;

EID: 0032565651     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(98)80110-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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