Soil-erosion models: Where do we really stand? short communication (discussion) on the papers by Wainwright et al. (2008a, b, c)

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1344-1348

  Smith, Roger E ^a   Quinton, John ^b   Goodrich, David C ^c   Nearing, Mark ^c  

^a Lancaster University ^*

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion; Modelling; Sediment

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION;

EID: 77956663740     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1985     Document Type: Article

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