Erosion processes in gullies modified by establishing grass hedges

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1561-1571

  Dabney, S M ^a,c   Shields Jr , F D ^a   Temple, D M ^b   Langendoen, E J ^a  

^a USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

^b USDA ARS   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffers; Erosion; Runoff; Soil conservation; Vegetative barrier

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CHANNEL FLOW; FLOODS; PIPE FLOW; STREAM FLOW; TURBIDITY; VEGETATION;

CONCENTRATED FLOW; FLOODPLAINS; SLOPING LANDS;

EROSION;

BUFFER ZONE; GULLY; RIPARIAN ZONE; RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION;

FLOODS; GRASS LANDS; PIPE FLOW; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; STREAM FLOW; TURBIDITY;

LITTLE TOPASHAW CREEK; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PANICUM; PANICUM VIRGATUM; RIPARIA;

EID: 11144297170     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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