Soil loss rates due to piping erosion

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1715-1725

  Verachtert, E ^a   Maetens, W ^a   Van Den Eeckhaut, M ^a,b   Poesen, J ^a   Deckers, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Erosion rate; Loess; Soil loss; Soil piping erosion; Subsurface erosion

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; DRAINAGE AREA; EROSION MODELS; EROSION RATES; HUMID CLIMATES; LOESS; RILL EROSION; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS; SLOPE GRADIENTS; SOIL LOSS; SOIL VOLUME; STUDY AREAS; SUBSURFACE EROSION; SURFACE EROSION RATE; SURFACE SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; PIPE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

EROSION;

EROSION RATE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LAND USE; LOESS; PIPING; SOIL EROSION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VOLUME CHANGE;

BELGIUM;

EID: 80053915025     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2186     Document Type: Article

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