Soil erosion model predictions using parent material/soil texture-based parameters compared to using site-specific parameters

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1347-1356

  Foltz, R B ^a   Elliot, W J ^a   Wagenbrenner, N S ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest roads; Lake Tahoe; Parameterization; Process based models; Soil erosion; WEPP

Indexed keywords

FOREST ROADS; LAKE TAHOE; PROCESS-BASED MODELS; SOIL EROSION; WEPP;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EROSION; FORECASTING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAKES; MATERIALS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PARAMETERIZATION; RAIN; ROADS AND STREETS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; STEADY FLOW; TEXTURES; VOLCANOES;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISTURBANCE; ERODIBILITY; EROSION RATE; GRANITE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PARENT MATERIAL; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD; SNOWMELT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL TEXTURE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

LAKE TAHOE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052462103     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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