Impact of slope gradient on soil surface features and infiltration on steep slopes in northern Laos

Geomorphology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 53-63

  Ribolzi, O ^a   Patin, J ^b   Bresson, L M ^c   Latsachack, K O ^d   Mouche, E ^b   Sengtaheuanghoung, O ^e   Silvera, N ^f   Thiebaux J P ^d   Valentin, C ^g  

^a Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^d IRD   (Laos)

^e NAFRI   (Laos)

^f Thailand Land Development Department Bangkok   (Thailand)

^g INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Hillslope processes; Infiltration; Rainfall simulation; Runoff generation; Steep slopes

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HILLSLOPE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RUNOFF; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SLOPE ANGLE; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL SURFACE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

LAOS;

EID: 79951771963     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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