Rill erosion: Exploring the relationship between experiments, modelling and field observations

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 87-102

  Govers, Gerard ^a   Giménez, Rafael ^a   Van Oost, Kristof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

flow detachment; rill erosion; rill erosion modelling; rill hydraulics; sediment detachment

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HYDRAULICS; RILL; SOIL EROSION;

EID: 34848869634     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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