Sediment flow behavior in agro-watersheds of the purple soil region in China under different storm types and spatial scales

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 285-291

  Li, Zhan Bin ^a,b   Li, Peng ^b,c   Han, Jian Gang ^a,c   Li, Mian ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d YELLOW RIVER INSTITUTE OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Agro watershed; Purple soil; Sediment flow behavior; Sediment hydrograph; Storm type

Indexed keywords

AGRO-WATERSHED; BEDLOAD SEDIMENTS; CATCHMENT AREA; FLOW BEHAVIORS; HIGH INTENSITY RAINFALL; HYDROGRAPHS; HYDROLOGIC PROCESS; LAND USE TYPE; LINEAR TYPES; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; RAINFALL EVENT; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SOIL AND WATER LOSS; SPATIAL SCALE; WAVE FORMS;

CATCHMENTS; FLOW FIELDS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; POLLUTION; RAIN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; STORMS; WATERSHEDS;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 76349114305     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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