Piping Hazard on Collapsible and Dispersive Soils in Europe

Soil Erosion in Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 537-562

  Faulkner, Hazel ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Badlands and environmental management; Collapsible soil gully erosion piping; European piping erosion; Pipe development; Runoff generation and sediment entrainment; Seepage erosion or 'sapping'; Wash dominant or shallow pipe scenario

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SEEPAGE;

DISPERSIVE SOILS; GULLY EROSION; SEDIMENT ENTRAINMENTS; SEEPAGE EROSION;

EROSION;

EID: 84889955799     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470859202.ch40     Document Type: Chapter

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