Quantitative assessment of the piping erosion susceptibility of loess-derived soil horizons using the pinhole test

Geomorphology

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 66-79

  Nadal Romero, E ^a,b   Verachtert, E ^a   Maes, R ^a   Poesen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antecedent soil moisture content; Disturbed and undisturbed soil samples; Hydraulic head; Pinhole test; Subsurface erosion; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CROSS SECTION; DISCHARGE; DISPERSIVITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EROSION; MOISTURE CONTENT; PIPE FLOW; PIPING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 80053591969     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.07.026     Document Type: Article

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