Splash erosion under natural rainfall on three soil types in NE Spain

Geomorphology

Volumn 175-176, Issue , 2012, Pages 38-44

  Angulo Martinez M ^a   Begueria S ^b   Navas, A ^b   Machin J ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF LIBEREC   (Czech Republic)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

EI 30 index; Erodibility; Linear mixed effects models; NE Spain; Rainfall erosivity; Splash erosion

Indexed keywords

BARE SOIL; ERODIBILITY; EROSION RATE; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TYPE;

EID: 84866382924     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.06.016     Document Type: Article

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