The spatio-temporal invariability of sediment concentration and the flow-sediment relationship for hilly areas of the Chinese Loess Plateau

Catena

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 164-176

  Zheng, Mingguo ^a   Qin, Fen ^b   Yang, Jishang ^c   Cai, Qiangguo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c YELLOW RIVER INSTITUTE OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Hyperconcentrated flow; Model; Scale; Sediment yield; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

FLUME EXPERIMENT; HILL; LAND COVER; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL SURFACE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84879242471     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2013.03.017     Document Type: Article

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