The impact of cotton geotextiles on soil and water losses from mediterranean rainfed agricultural land

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 210-217

  Gimenez Morera A ^a   Ruiz Sinoga, J D ^b   Cerda A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Geotextile; Land management; Mediterranean; Soil and water losses; Spain; Water repellency

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CULTIVATED SOILS; DRY CONDITION; INFILTRATION RATE; LAND MANAGEMENTS; MEDITERRANEAN SOILS; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINFALL SIMULATIONS; RAINFED; REDUCED SOILS; RUNOFF DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SIMULATED RAINFALL; SOIL AND WATER LOSS; SOIL AND WATER LOSSES; SOIL EROSION RATE; SOIL EROSION RISK; SOIL LOSS; STEEP SLOPE; VEGETATION COVER; WATER DROP PENETRATION TIME; WATER REPELLENCY; WET AND DRY;

AGRICULTURE; COTTON; GEOTEXTILES; HERBICIDES; LAND USE; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOILS;

INFILTRATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COTTON; DISCHARGE; EROSION RATE; GEOTEXTILE; INFILTRATION; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; WATER EROSION;

SPAIN;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 77953659518     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.971     Document Type: Article

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