Conservation tillage to effectively reduce interrill erodibility of highly-weathered Ultisols

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 265-275

  Truman, Clint C ^a   Shaw, Joey N ^b   Flanagan, Dennis C ^c   Reeves, D Wayne ^c   Ascough II, Jim C ^c  

^a SOUTHEAST WATERSHED RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Modeling; Runoff; Simulated rainfall; Soil erosion; WEPP

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; GRASS; INFILTRATION; INTERRILL EROSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL TYPE; ULTISOL; WEATHERING;

SECALE; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 77949641429     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/jswc.64.4.265     Document Type: Article

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