Evaluation of the EUROSEM model for predicting the effects of erosion-control blankets on runoff and interrill soil erosion by water

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 285-297

  Smets, T ^a   Borselli, L ^b   Poesen, J ^a   Torri, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

EUROSEM; Geotextiles; Hydraulic conductivity; Simulated rainfall; Soil loss; Surface sealing

Indexed keywords

BARE SOILS; DYNAMIC EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EUROSEM; EVENT-BASED; GOODNESS OF FIT; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; INTERRILL; INTERRILL EROSION; MODEL APPROACH; MODEL EFFICIENCY; MODEL SIMULATION; PHYSICALLY-BASED EROSION MODEL; RAINFALL EVENT; RUNOFF RATES; RUNOFF VOLUMES; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SEDIMENT DISCHARGE; SIMPLE APPROACH; SIMULATED RAINFALL; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL COHESION; SOIL ERODIBILITY; SOIL EROSION; SOIL EROSION RATE; SOIL LOSS; SOIL SURFACES; SOIL-EROSION MODEL; SURFACE SEALING; TIME-DEPENDENT;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; FORECASTING; GEOTEXTILES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEALING (FINISHING); SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; STORMS; SURFACE DISCHARGES;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ERODIBILITY; EROSION RATE; GEOTEXTILE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; SOIL SURFACE;

EID: 79954946137     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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