Effects of different terrace protection measures in a sloping land consolidation project targeting soil erosion at the slope scale

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 46-53

  Liu, S L ^a   Dong, Y H ^b   Li, D ^a   Liu, Q ^a   Wang, J ^c   Zhang, X L ^d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^c Land Consolidation and Rehabilitaion Center of Land and Resources Ministry   (China)

^d State Land Expropriation Services Center of Shannxi Province   (China)

Author keywords

Land consolidation; Protective measures; Soil erosion; Terrace construction; WEPP model

Indexed keywords

LAND CONSOLIDATIONS; PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS; PROTECTION MEASURES; PROTECTIVE MEASURES; RAINFALL INTENSITY; SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL CONFIGURATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; RAIN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SLOPE PROTECTION; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

GRASS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEDIMENT TRAP; SLOPE; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY; TERRACE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84875261334     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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