Determining the sediment trapping capacity of grass filter strips

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 405, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 209-216

  Pan, Chengzhong ^a   Ma, Lan ^a   Shangguan, Zhouping ^b   Ding, Aizhong ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Grass cover; Grass strips; Model; Sediment trapping capacity; Slope gradient

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; EXPONENTIAL MODELS; FOREST AND GRASSLAND; GRASS COVER; GRASS FILTER STRIP; GRASS STRIPS; INITIAL EFFICIENCY; INTRINSIC CHARACTERISTICS; SEDIMENT REMOVAL; SEDIMENT TRAPPING; SEDIMENT TRAPPING CAPACITY; SLOPE GRADIENTS; SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATIVE FILTER STRIPS; WATER ENVIRONMENTS; WATERSHED SCALE;

EROSION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS; VEGETATION; WATER CONSERVATION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DEGRADATION; FILTER; FORAGE; GRASS; GRASSLAND; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SURFACE WATER; VEGETATION COVER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 79959979294     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.05.027     Document Type: Article

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