Soil erosion and sediment transport in the gullied Loess Plateau: Scale effects and their mechanisms

Science in China, Series E: Technological Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1283-1292

  Li, Tiejian ^a   Wang, Guangqian ^a   Xue, Hai ^b,c   Wang, Kai ^d  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YELLOW RIVER ENGINEERING CONSULTING CO   (China)

^c NORTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER CONSERVANCY AND HYDROELECTRIC POWER   (China)

^d CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Hyper concentrated sediment laden flow; Scale effect; Soil erosion; The Loess Plateau

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATED FLOWS; DYNAMICAL MECHANISMS; FIELD DATUM; HIGH INTENSITIES; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HYDROGRAPHS; HYPER-CONCENTRATED SEDIMENT-LADEN FLOW; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; RIVER BASINS; SCALE EFFECT; SIMULATION RESULTS; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL SCALE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SUB-MODELS; THE LOESS PLATEAU; UP-SCALING; WHOLE PROCESS; YELLOW RIVERS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

EROSION;

EID: 65649093682     PISSN: 10069321     EISSN: 1862281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-009-0076-6     Document Type: Article

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