Experimental and modeling approach to the study of the critical slope for the initiation of rill flow erosion

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Shao, Xuejun ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Hu, Huiwu ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; RAIN; SLOPE PROTECTION; SOILS;

CRITICAL SLOPE; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RILL EROSION; SOIL ERODIBILITY;

EROSION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; FLOW OF WATER; RAIN; SLOPE PROTECTION; SOILS;

ERODIBILITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; OVERLAND FLOW; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RILL; SOIL EROSION;

EID: 31444454545     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR003991     Document Type: Article

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