Influence of rock fragment coverage on soil erosion and hydrological response: Laboratory flume experiments and modeling

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

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

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA-BASED; DIFFERENT SIZES; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; EFFECTIVE RAINFALL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINER PARTICLES; FLOW DISCHARGES; FLUME EXPERIMENT; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INDIVIDUAL SIZE; MODEL PREDICTION; OVERLAND FLOW; RAINFALL INTENSITY; ROCK FRAGMENTS; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT CAPACITY; SIZE CLASS; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL SURFACES; SOIL-EROSION MODEL; SURFACE ROCKS; TIME-SCALES;

DROPS; EROSION; EXPERIMENTS; FORECASTING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; OCEAN HABITATS; RAIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE;

ROCKS;

COMPACTION; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MOISTURE CONTENT; OVERBANK FLOW; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINDROP; ROCK; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURFACE;

EID: 84861362783     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011255     Document Type: Article

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