Effects of rainfall and slope on runoff, soil erosion and rill development: An experimental study using two loess soils

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2649-2658

  Fang, Haiyan ^a   Sun, Liying ^a   Tang, Zhenghong ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Loess soil; Rainfall simulation; Rill; Runoff; Slope gradient; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

EROSION; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS;

LOESS SOILS; RAINFALL SIMULATIONS; RILL; SLOPE GRADIENTS; SOIL EROSION;

SOILS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LOESS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RILL; RUNOFF; SLOPE; SOIL EROSION;

EID: 84929508055     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10392     Document Type: Article

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