Impact of grass root mass density on soil detachment capacity by concentrated flow on steep slopes

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 927-934

  Zhang, G ^a,b   Tang, K ^c   Ren, Z ^b   Zhang, X C ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d USDA ARS GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentrated flow; Detachment rate; Erodibility; Root density; Versatile switchgrass

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATED FLOW; DETACHMENT RATE; ERODIBILITY; ROOT DENSITY; SWITCHGRASS;

EROSION; HYDRAULICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SHEAR STRESS; SOIL SURVEYS;

SOILS;

GRASS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; POPULATION DENSITY; ROOT SYSTEM; SLOPE; SOIL TYPE; SOIL WATER;

EID: 84884186208     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13031/trans.56.9566     Document Type: Article

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