Spatial scale dependence of sediment dynamics in a gullied rolling loess region on the Loess Plateau in China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 693-705

  Fang, Haiyan ^a   Li, Qiuyan ^b   Cai, Qiangguo ^a   Liao, Yishan ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF ECO ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOIL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Hyperconcentrated flow; Hysteresis loop; Peak discharge; Sediment dynamics; Sediment peak; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

CLOCKWISE HYSTERESIS LOOP; HYPERCONCENTRATED FLOW; LOESS PLATEAU; PEAK DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT DYNAMIC; SEDIMENT DYNAMICS; SLOPE SURFACES; SLOPE ZONE; SOIL LOSS; SPATIAL SCALE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DYNAMICS; HYSTERESIS; HYSTERESIS LOOPS; SLOPE PROTECTION;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DISCHARGE; EROSION CONTROL; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GRAVITY; HYSTERESIS; PEAK DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SLOPE; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 80052786946     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0889-4     Document Type: Article

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