Evaluation of biological geotextiles for reducing runoff and soil loss under various environmental conditions using laboratory and field plot data

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 480-494

  Smets, T ^a   Poesen, J ^a   Bhattacharyya, R ^b   Fullen, M A ^b   Subedi, M ^b   Booth, C A ^b   Kertesz A ^c   Szalai, Z ^c   Toth, A ^c   Jankauskas, B ^d   Jankauskiene, G ^d   Guerra, A ^e   Bezerra, J F R ^e   Yi, Zheng ^f   Panomtaranichagul, M ^g   Buhmann C ^h   Paterson, D G ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE   (Lithuania)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g Chang Mai University   (Thailand)

^h Institue for Soil   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Erosion control mats; Geotextiles; Laboratory and field plots; Soil conservation; Surface cover

Indexed keywords

BARE SOILS; CONCENTRATED FLOW; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EROSION CONTROL; FIELD CONDITIONS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIELD PLOT; FLOW SHEAR STRESS; HUNGARY; INTERRILL; INTERRILL EROSION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LITHUANIA; QUANTITATIVE DATA; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RILL EROSION; RUNOFF DEPTH; SLOPE GRADIENTS; SOIL LOSS; SOUTH AFRICA; SURFACE COVER; THAILAND; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; EROSION; EXPERIMENTS; GEOTEXTILES; LABORATORIES; RAIN; SHEAR FLOW; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EROSION CONTROL; GEOTEXTILE; RAINFALL; RILL; RUNOFF; SHEAR STRESS; SHEET EROSION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION;

EID: 80053195519     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1095     Document Type: Article

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