Response of a soil-mantled experimental landscape to exogenic forcing

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Gordon, Lee M ^a,b   Bennett, Sean J ^a   Wells, Robert R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b New York State Energy Research and Development Authority   (United States)

^c USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATED FLOW; DIRECT RESPONSE; HEADCUTS; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; NETWORK DEVELOPMENT; OVERLAND FLOW; SOIL EROSION; SOIL LOSS; SPATIOTEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

EROSION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SOILS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GULLY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MANTLE; OVERLAND FLOW; PREDICTION; RILL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

EID: 84867542289     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012WR012283     Document Type: Article

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