Straw mulching effect on splash erosion, runoff, and sediment yield from eroded plots

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 268-278

  Gholami, Leila ^a   Sadeghi, Seyed Hamidreza ^a   Homaee, Mehdi ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE LEVELS; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; LAND SURFACE; PHYSICAL BARRIERS; RAINDROP IMPACT; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RUNOFF COEFFICIENTS; RUNOFF GENERATION; SANDY LOAM SOILS; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SIMULATED RAINFALL; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL LOSS; SOIL PARTICLES; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL SURFACES; SPLASH EROSION; STRAW MULCH; STRAW MULCHING;

DROPS; EROSION; RAIN; RESEARCH; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

RUNOFF;

LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE; MULCHING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINDROP; RUNOFF; SANDY LOAM; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL SURFACE; STRAW;

ELBURZ; IRAN;

EID: 84872563677     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2012.0271     Document Type: Article

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