A non-equilibrium sediment transport model for rill erosion

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1074-1084

  Liu, Q Q ^a   Chen, L ^b   Li, J C ^a   Singh, V P ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Texas A M University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic model; Non equilibrium sediment transport; Rill erosion rate; Rills; Sediment transport capacity

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW;

NON-EQUILIBRIUM SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; RESTORATION COEFFICIENT; RILL EROSION; RILL FLOW; TRANSPORT CAPACITY; TRANSPORT RATE;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EROSION; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EROSION RATE; HILLSLOPE; MODELING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RILL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 34247266058     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6288     Document Type: Article

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