Measurement of rain splash on bench terraces in a humid tropical steepland environment

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 513-535

  Van Dijk, A I J M ^a   Bruijnzeel, L A ^a   Wiegman, S E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Detachment; Erosion experiments; Humid tropics; Java; Splash cups; Splash erosion; Terraces

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SOILS; VOLCANOES;

SPLASH DISTRIBUTION THEORY;

EROSION;

HILLSLOPE; RAINDROP; SOIL EROSION; TERRACE; WATER EROSION;

INDONESIA;

RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS;

EID: 0037470526     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1155     Document Type: Article

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