Effect of ground cover on splash and sheetwash erosion over a steep forested hillslope: A plot-scale study

Catena

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-47

  Ghahramani, Afshin ^a   Ishikawa, Yoshiharu ^a   Gomi, Takashi ^a   Shiraki, Katsushige ^a   Miyata, Shusuke ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forested steep hillslope; Overland runoff; Sediment transportation; Sheetwash; Splash erosion

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; EROSIVITY; HILLSLOPE; OVERLAND FLOW; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEET EROSION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL SURFACE; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION COVER;

FAGUS; FAGUS CRENATA;

EID: 79551517634     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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