The relationship of soil loss by interrill erosion to slope gradient

Catena

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 211-222

  Fox, Dennis M ^a   Bryan, Rorke B ^b  

^a University of Nice UMR 6012 ESPACE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interrill erosion; Slope gradient; Soil loss

Indexed keywords

INTERRILL EROSION; SLOPE ANGLE; SOIL EROSION;

EID: 0033990377     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(99)00072-7     Document Type: Article

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