Rainfall-induced consolidation and sealing effects on soil erodibility during concentrated runoff for loess-derived topsoils

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 444-458

  Knapen, Anke ^a,b   Poesen, J ^a   De Baets, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Critical flow shear stress; Soil crust; Soil erosion resistance; Soil moisture content; Surface seal

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSOLIDATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); RAIN; RUNOFF; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL MOISTURE;

CRITICAL FLOW SHEAR STRESS; SOIL BULK DENSITY; SOIL ERODIBILITY;

EROSION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSOLIDATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EROSION; RAIN; RUNOFF; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL MOISTURE;

BULK DENSITY; CONSOLIDATION; CRITICAL FLOW; ERODIBILITY; FLUME EXPERIMENT; LOESS; RUNOFF; SEALING; SHEAR STRESS; SILTY LOAM; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MOISTURE; THALWEG; TOPSOIL;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 41549103801     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1566     Document Type: Article

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