Critical conditions for rill initiation

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-114

  Yao, Chunmei ^a,b   Lei, Tingwu ^a   Elliot, William J ^c   McCool, Donald K ^b   Zhao, Jun ^d   Chen, Shulin ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Critical condition; Critical shear; Erosion; Hillslope; Rill initiation

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CONDITIONS; CRITICAL SHEAR; HILLSLOPE; RILL INITIATION;

EROSION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAIN; SHEAR STRESS;

SOIL TESTING;

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; HILLSLOPE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RILL; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL EROSION;

EID: 41749112449     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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