Rain splash soil erosion estimation in the presence of rock fragments

Catena

Volumn 92, Issue , 2012, Pages 38-48

  Jomaa, S ^a   Barry, D A ^a   Brovelli, A ^a   Heng, B C P ^b   Sander, G C ^c   Parlange, J Y ^d   Rose, C W ^e  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Area exposed; Cumulative discharge; Cumulative eroded mass; Flume experiment; Soil erosion experiment; Soil initial conditions

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; DATA SET; DISCHARGE; EROSION RATE; FLUME EXPERIMENT; MOISTURE CONTENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINDROP; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SOIL EROSION; SOIL SURFACE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84455200624     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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