Hydrological effects of a layer of vegetation ash on underlying wettable and water repellent soil

Geoderma

Volumn 191, Issue , 2012, Pages 14-23

  Bodí, Merche B ^a,b,c   Doerr, Stefan H ^c   Cerdà, Artemi ^a   Mataix Solera, Jorge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ash; Rainfall simulation; Sediment yield; Surface runoff; Water repellency

Indexed keywords

ASH LAYER; CONTENT EVOLUTION; HYDROLOGICAL EFFECTS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; HYDROLOGICAL PROPERTIES; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; OVER WATER; RAINFALL EVENT; RAINFALL SIMULATIONS; REDUCED SOILS; RUNOFF GENERATION; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SOIL CONDITIONS; SPLASH DETACHMENT; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE RUNOFFS; TWO-LAYER SYSTEMS; WATER REPELLENCY; WATER REPELLENT SOILS; WETTING AND DRYING;

ASHES; RAIN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; WATERPROOFING;

RUNOFF;

ASH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MOISTURE CONTENT; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SEDIMENT YIELD; SHEET EROSION; SOIL WATER; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WETTABILITY; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE; WILDFIRE;

EID: 84868368804     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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