Impacts of rainfall intensity and slope gradient on rill erosion processes at loessial hillslope

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 155, Issue , 2016, Pages 429-436

  Shen, Haiou ^a,b   Zheng, Fenli ^a,b   Wen, Leilei ^a,b   Han, Yong ^b,c   Hu, Wei ^b,c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Flow hydraulic parameter; Hydrodynamic parameter; Rainfall intensity; Rill erosion; Slope gradient

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BUOYANCY; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; RAIN; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

FLOW HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RILL EROSION; SLOPE GRADIENTS;

EROSION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; EROSION CONTROL; FLOW VELOCITY; HILLSLOPE; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL EROSION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84942673207     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2015.09.011     Document Type: Article

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