Effect of rock fragment cover on interrill soil erosion from bare soils in Western Andalusia, Spain

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 108-117

  Martinez Zavala L ^a   Jordan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bare soils; Rainfall simulation; Rock fragment cover; Run off generation; Soil loss

Indexed keywords

BARE SOIL; EROSION CONTROL; FOREST SOIL; INFILTRATION; INTERRILL EROSION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; ROCK;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 39749123415     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2007.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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