Statistical Soil Erosion Model for Burnt Mountain Areas in Korea-RUSLE Approach

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 292-304

  Deog Park, Sang ^a   Song Lee, Kyu ^a   Sook Shin, Seung ^a  

^a Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Burnt hillslopes; Runoff; SEMMA; Soil erosion; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

COASTAL REGIONS; FOREST FIRES; FOREST LAND; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HILLSLOPES; MOUNTAIN SLOPES; RAINFALL DEPTHS; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATIONS; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SEMMA; SLOPE STEEPNESS; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL EROSION RISK; SOIL INDICES; SOIL-EROSION MODEL; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICAL MODELS; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION COVERAGE; VEGETATION INDEX;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; DEFORESTATION; EROSION; LANDFORMS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; THUNDERSTORMS; VEGETATION;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

EROSION RATE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST FIRE; HILLSLOPE; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RAINSTORM; SEDIMENT YIELD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; VEGETATION COVER;

BURRING; COASTS; DEFORESTATION; EROSION; KOREA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOUNTAINS; PLANTS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SOIL EROSION;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84858130718     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000441     Document Type: Article

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