Effects of rain characteristics and terracing on runoff and erosion under the Mediterranean

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-47

  Hammad, Ahmad H Abu ^a   Borresen T ^a   Haugen, L E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Interrill erosion; Mediterranean climate; Splash; Surface runoff

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; EROSION; KINETIC ENERGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; INTERRILL EROSION; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE; SPLASH; SURFACE RUNOFF;

RAIN;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; INTERRILL EROSION; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; TERRACING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 32644471752     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2005.02.037     Document Type: Article

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