Modeling long-term soil losses on agricultural fields due to ephemeral gully erosion

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 173-181

  Gordon, Lee M ^a   Bennett, Sean J ^a   Alonso, Carlos V ^b   Bingner, Ronald L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation practices; Ephemeral gully erosion; Tillage erosion; Watershed modeling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; GROWING SEASON; GULLY EROSION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; TILLAGE; WATERSHED;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; GEORGIA; IOWA; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57149115206     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/63.4.173     Document Type: Article

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