A new splash and sheet erosion equation for rangelands

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1386-1392

  Wei, H ^a   Nearing, M A ^a   Stone, J J ^a   Guertin, D P ^a   Spaeth, K E ^a   Pierson, F B ^a   Nichols, M H ^a   Moffett, C A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION MODELS; EROSION PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HILLSLOPES; INDEPENDENT SET; INTERRILL; INTERRILL EROSION; QUANTITATIVE INDICATORS; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINFALL SIMULATIONS; RUNOFF RATES; SOIL LOSS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; WATER EROSION; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; RAIN; SET THEORY; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

EROSION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; HILLSLOPE; INTERRILL EROSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RANGELAND; SHEET EROSION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; WATER EROSION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68249128438     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2008.0061     Document Type: Article

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