Use of palm-mat geotextiles for rainsplash erosion control

Geomorphology

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 52-61

  Bhattacharyya, R ^a   Fullen, M A ^a   Davies, K ^a   Booth, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing effects of mats; Borassus and Buriti mats; Rainsplash erosion; Soil properties; Splash height; UK

Indexed keywords

EROSION CONTROL; GEOTEXTILE; LOAMY SAND; RAINFALL; SOIL PROPERTY; WATER EROSION;

ENGLAND; HILTON; SHROPSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BORASSUS; BORASSUS AETHIOPUM; MAURITIA FLEXUOSA;

EID: 77952669105     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.02.018     Document Type: Article

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