Application of a distributed erosion model for the assessment of spatial erosion patterns in the Lushi catchment, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 787-797

  Wang, Guoqiang ^a   Yu, Jingshan ^a   Shrestha, S ^b   Ishidaira, H ^c   Takeuchi, K ^d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^d Public Works Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

BTOPMC; Erosion; Infiltration; Sediment concentration; USLE

Indexed keywords

BTOPMC; CHANNEL EROSION; CHANNEL GRID; CHANNEL WIDTHS; CONTRIBUTING AREAS; CORRECTION COEFFICIENTS; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; DOWNSTREAM AREAS; EROSION MODELS; EROSION PATTERNS; GRID-BASED; PRIORITIZATION; RILL EROSION; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT OUTFLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PROCESS; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CATCHMENTS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEEPAGE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; STORMS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

BANK EROSION; CHANNEL FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; MODEL TEST; OUTFLOW; RILL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEET EROSION; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STORM;

CHINA; HENAN; LUSHI BASIN;

EID: 77955090685     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0391-z     Document Type: Article

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