Characteristics of actively eroding ephemeral gullies in an experimental channel

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 641-649

  Bennett, S J ^a   Casali J ^b   Robinson, K M ^c   Kadavy, K C ^c  

^a USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^c USDA ARS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ephemeral gullies; Erosion rates; Soil loss; Soil Moisture

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLOW OF WATER; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDRAULICS; MOISTURE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL MECHANICS;

EPHEMERAL GULLIES;

EROSION;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL PROCESS; GULLY;

EID: 0034190503     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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