Drip-screen rainfall simulators for hydro- and pedo-geomorphological research: The coventry experience

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 691-707

  Foster, I D L ^a   Fullen, M A ^b   Brandsma, R T ^b   Chapman, A S ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drip screen rainfall simulator; Infiltration; Soil aggregate stability; Soil erodibility; Soil translocation; Urban runoff

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; ERODIBILITY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INFILTRATION; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SIMULATOR; TRANSLOCATION;

EID: 0033915826     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9837(200007)25:7<691::AID-ESP125>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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