Wind tunnel simulation of ridge-tillage effects on soil erosion from cropland

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 242-249

  Liu, Mu Xing ^a   Wang, Jing Ai ^a   Yan, Ping ^a   Liu, Lian You ^a   Ge, Yong Qin ^a   Li, Xiao Yan ^a   Hu, Xia ^a   Song, Yang ^a   Wang, Lei ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ridge tillage; Soil wind erosion; Vertical mass flux profile of blown sand; Wind erosion rate; Wind tunnel experiment

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; EROSION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; SAND; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TUNNELS;

RIDGE TILLAGE; SOIL WIND EROSION; VERTICAL MASS FLUX PROFILE OF BLOWN SAND; WIND EROSION RATE; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

SIMULATION; SOIL EROSION; TILLAGE; WIND EROSION; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 33746879207     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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