Aggregate stability and erosion response to antecedent water content of a loess soil

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 718-726

  Vermang, J ^a   Demeyer, V ^a   Cornells, W M ^a   Gabriels, D ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; AIR-DRIED SOIL; ERODIBILITY; EROSIVITY; EVENT-BASED; INFILTRATION RATE; LOESS SOILS; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; RAINFALL SIMULATORS; REGRESSION EQUATION; RUNOFF RATES; SILT LOAM SOILS; SOIL ERODIBILITY; SOIL EROSION; SOIL LOSS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SURFACES; SOIL WATER CONTENT; STREAM POWER; WATER DISCHARGES; WATER EROSION;

AGGREGATES; EROSION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEALING (FINISHING); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILT; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

INFILTRATION;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; DISCHARGE; EROSIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INFILTRATION; LOESS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SILTY LOAM; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; STREAM; WATER CONTENT; WATER EROSION;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 65949116603     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2007.0134     Document Type: Article

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