Effectiveness of palm and simulated geotextiles in reducing run-off and inter-rill erosion on medium and steep slopes

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 306-316

  Smets, T ^a   Poesen, J ^a   Fullen, M A ^b   Booth, C A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geotextiles; Infiltration rates; Inter rill erosion; Laboratory experiments; Simulated rainfall

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOTEXTILE; INTERRILL EROSION; MONOCOTYLEDON; MULCH; RAINFALL; ROUGHNESS; RUNOFF; SLOPE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL SURFACE;

BORASSUS AETHIOPUM;

EID: 34548013501     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2007.00098.x     Document Type: Article

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