Runoff and water erosion on road side-slopes: Effects of rainfall characteristics and slope length

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 497-501

  Xu, Xian Li ^a,b,c   Liu, Wen ^a   Kong, Ya Ping ^d   Zhang, Ke Li ^b   Yu, Bofu ^e   Chen, Ji Ding ^d  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d MOC   (China)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Qinghai Tibet highway; Road side slopes; Runoff and soil loss; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EROSION; RAIN; ROADS AND STREETS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS;

EFFECTS OF RAINFALLS; NATURAL RUNOFF PLOTS; QINGHAI-TIBET HIGHWAYS; RAINFALL EROSIVITY; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATIONS; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SOIL LOSS; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

TRANSPORTATION;

EROSIVITY; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; WATER EROSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 69049115038     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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