Experimental study of the impact of rainfall characteristics on runoff generation and soil erosion

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 424-425, Issue , 2012, Pages 99-111

  Ran, Qihua ^a   Su, Danyang ^a   Li, Peng ^b   He, Zhiguo ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Infiltration; Rainfall characteristics; Runoff generation; Sediment transport; Soil erosion; Surface sealing

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HYDROGRAPHS; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MOVING DIRECTION; RAINFALL CHARACTERISTICS; RAINFALL DURATION; RAINFALL EVENT; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RUNOFF GENERATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SURFACE SEALING; WETTING FRONTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EROSION; GROUNDWATER; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL MOISTURE;

INFILTRATION;

DATABASE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INFILTRATION; LABORATORY METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL CRACKING; SOIL EROSION; SOIL WATER; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

EID: 84856772384     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.12.035     Document Type: Article

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