Characteristics and factors controlling the development of ephemeral gullies in cultivated catchments of black soil region, Northeast China

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 28-41

  Zhang, Yongguang ^a,b   Wu, Yongqiu ^a   Liu, Baoyuan ^b   Zheng, Qiuhong ^a   Yin, Jiayi ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Black soil region of northeastern China; Ephemeral gully erosion; Freeze thaw cycles; Tillage practices

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; CHINA; CROPS; EROSION; FREEZING; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THAWING;

AGRICULTURAL LANDS; BLACK SOIL; EPHEMERAL GULLY EROSION; FREEZE-THAW CYCLES; TILLAGE PRACTICES;

SOILS;

GULLY EROSION; SEASON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TILLAGE; TOPSOIL; VEGETATION COVER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34848873714     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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