Evaluation of biological geotextiles for reduction of runoff and soil loss

Construction for a Sustainable Environment - Proceedings of the International Conference of Construction for a Sustainable Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 509-520

  Smets, T ^a   Poesen, J ^a   Bhattacharyya, R ^b   Fullen, M A ^b   Booth, C A ^b   Subedi, M ^b   Kertesz A ^c   Szalai, Z ^c   Toth, A ^c   Jankauskas, B ^d   Jankauskiene, G ^d   Buhmann C ^e   Guerra, A ^f   Bezerra, J F R ^f   Zheng, Y ^g   Panomtaranichagul, M ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Geographical Institute   (Hungary)

^d LIA   (Lithuania)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^g YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h Chang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GEOTEXTILES; LABORATORIES; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOILS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOW SHEAR STRESS; INTERRILL EROSION RATE; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORY SIMULATION; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RELATIVE REDUCTION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

EID: 84898775748     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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