Using rainfall simulation and site measurements to predict annual interrill erodibility and phosphorus generation rates from unsealed forest roads: Validation against in-situ erosion measurements

Catena

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-62

  Sheridan, Gary J ^a   Noske, Philip J ^a   Lane, Patrick N J ^a   Sherwin, Christopher B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dirt roads; Erosivity; Modelling; Pollution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EROSIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST SOIL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INTERRILL EROSION; MODEL VALIDATION; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL NUTRIENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 39449122458     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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