Using palm-mat geotextiles on an arable soil for water erosion control in the UK

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 933-945

  Bhattacharyya, R ^a   Fullen, M A ^a   Booth, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arable loamy sands; Borassus and buriti mats; Buffer strips; Erosion control mats; Runoff and soil loss; Temperate climate; UK

Indexed keywords

BORASSUS AND BURITI MATS; BUFFER STRIPS; EROSION CONTROL MATS; LOAMY SAND; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; UK;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATOLOGY; EROSION; GEOTEXTILES; RUNOFF; SOIL MECHANICS;

SOILS;

ARABLE LAND; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; EROSION CONTROL; EROSION RATE; GEOTEXTILE; LABORATORY METHOD; LOAMY SAND; RUNOFF; SOIL COVER; SOIL EROSION; WATER EROSION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BORASSUS; BORASSUS AETHIOPUM; MAURITIA FLEXUOSA;

EID: 79957603725     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2123     Document Type: Article

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