Effects of rock fragments incorporated in the soil matrix on concentrated flow hydraulics and erosion

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1063-1076

  Rieke Zapp, D ^a   Poesen, J ^b   Nearing, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c SOUTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow hydraulics; Headcutting; Rock fragments; Soil erosion; Surface armouring

Indexed keywords

EROSION; HYDRAULICS; ROCKS; TURBULENT FLOW;

ROCK FRAGMENT; SOIL MATRIX;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EROSION; HYDRAULICS; ROCKS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBULENT FLOW;

BED ROUGHNESS; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; LITHIC FRAGMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION;

EID: 34250847661     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1469     Document Type: Article

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