Aggregate breakdown and surface seal development influenced by rain intensity, slope gradient and soil particle size

Solid Earth

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 311-321

  Arjmand Sajjadi, S ^a   Mahmoodabadi, M ^a  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; INFILTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; RAIN; SEALING (FINISHING); SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

DIFFERENT SLOPES; INFILTRATION RATE; MAXIMUM AGGREGATE SIZES; RAINFALL SIMULATORS; SANDY LOAM SOILS; SOIL PARTICLE SIZE; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; UNSTEADY STATE CONDITIONS;

AGGLOMERATION;

AGGREGATE; EROSION RATE; INFILTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SEALING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SLOPE ANGLE;

EID: 84924271494     PISSN: 18699510     EISSN: 18699529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/se-6-311-2015     Document Type: Article

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