Spatial variation in soil resistance to flowing water erosion along a regional transect in the Loess Plateau

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 2049-2058

  Geng, Ren ^a   Zhang, Guang hui ^a   Li, Zhen Wei ^b   Wang, Hao ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Detachment process; Soil erosion; Soil erosion resistance; The Loess Plateau; Transect

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTS; SHEAR STRESS;

ADJUSTMENT COEFFICIENT; AGGREGATE STABILITY; CRITICAL SHEAR STRESS; LOESS PLATEAU; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TRANSECT;

SOILS;

ERODIBILITY; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER EROSION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84954220769     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3779     Document Type: Article

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