Severe soil erosion during a 3-day exceptional rainfall event: Combining modelling and field data for a fallow cereal field

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2358-2372

  López Vicente, Manuel ^a   Quijano, Laura ^a   Gaspar, Leticia ^b   Palazón, Leticia ^a   Navas, Ana ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ephemeral gully; Exceptional rainfall event; Fallow cereal field; Modelling validation; Rill; SERT model

Indexed keywords

EROSION; LANDFORMS; RAIN; SOILS; VERIFICATION;

EPHEMERAL GULLIES; FALLOW CEREAL FIELD; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDICTIVE ABILITIES; RAINFALL EVENT; RILL; SOIL ACCUMULATIONS; SOIL REDISTRIBUTION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CEREAL; GULLY EROSION; MODEL VALIDATION; MODELING; RAINFALL; RILL; SOIL EROSION;

PYRENEES; SPAIN;

EID: 84928128651     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10370     Document Type: Article

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