Journal article
Soil erosion by rainfall and runoff—state of the art
Geotextiles and geomembranes, v 11(4), pp 551-572
1992
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Abstract
The processes of soil detachment and sediment transport by rainfall and overland flow and resulting sediment transport are described. The results of past research on the role of raindrop impact in detaching soil, experimental studies of erosion, and erosion modelling are presented. Studies of soil loss from experimental field plots led to the development of the Universal Soil Loss Equation and to its subsequent modification for use in quantifying erosion by individual storms. Systems to produce rainfall for erosion studies in the laboratory are described. A system which is currently being calibrated and used for erosion control system testing at Drexel University's Geosynthetic Research Institute (GRI) is described. Preliminary spatial rainfall distributions and runoff measurements are presented. Experimental results obtained by others on the performance of natural and geosynthetic erosion control systems are discussed along with a proposed experimental program for the GRI system.
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- Title
- Soil erosion by rainfall and runoff—state of the art
- Creators
- J.R. Weggel - Drexel UniversityR. Rustom - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Geotextiles and geomembranes, v 11(4), pp 551-572
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1992JM49700016
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0027007237
- Other Identifier
- 991019173813904721
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- Engineering, Geological
- Geosciences, Multidisciplinary