Soil Erosion

Soil Erosion

Author: Rorke Bryan

Publisher: Destedt, West Germany : Catena Verlag

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 230

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Surface seal development in relation to rainstorm intensity. Experimental study and modelling of soil surface crusting processes. Fabric analysis of surface crusts developed under simulated rainfall on loess soils, China. Temporal variations in soil erodibility. Modelling erosion by rain-impacted flow. Solute transport and wind action in relation to overlanc flow and water erosion. Initiation of motion of gravels in concentrated overland flow: cohesive forces and probability of entrainment. Inception of sediment transport in shallow overland flow. Knickpoint evolution in rillwash. A one-dimensional model for rill inter-rill interactions. Threshold conditions for thalweg gulliyng with special reference to loess areas. Interpreting the role of soil strenght in erosion processes. Grain size catenas and hillslope evolution. Quantification of soil redistribution in cultivated fields, using Caesium-137, outlook, Saskatchewan. The catastrophic nature of seepage scald formation in southeastern Australia.