Watershed erosion processes / Tongxin Zhu, Xiangzhou Xu.
Zhu, Tongxin.; Xu, Xiangzhou.
2021
S623
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Title Watershed erosion processes / Tongxin Zhu, Xiangzhou Xu.
Author Zhu, Tongxin.
ISBN 9783030811518 (electronic bk.)
3030811514 (electronic bk.)
3030811506
9783030811501
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81151-8
Publication Details Cham : Springer, 2021.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (ix, 172 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-030-81151-8 doi
Call Number S623
Dewey Decimal Classification 631.4/5
Summary This monograph is a fundamental study of watershed erosion and runoff processes. It utilizes decades of soil erosion data to take a comprehensive and balanced approach in covering various watershed erosion processes. While there are many works on soil erosion and conservation, this book fills the gaps in previously published research by focusing more on mass movement, gully erosion, soil piping/tunnel erosion, and the spatial interactions of different erosion processes. Additionally, the book examines erosion processes in extreme rainfall events, something typically absent in short-term studies but discussed in detail here as the book draws on 60 years of research and observations, including 30 years of the author's own investigations of erosion under a wide range of rainfall conditions. The book is divided into 3 parts, and is intended for soil erosion researchers and practitioners, and postgraduate students studying soil erosion and water conservation. Part 1 opens with a comprehensive and critical review of existing literature on soil erosion processes, discusses this book's place among existing literature, and examines the major erosion processes (rainwash, gully erosion, tunnel erosion, and mass movements) including their controlling factors and mechanisms. Part 2 explores the spatial interactions of these different erosion processes to provide a prerequisite for effective design of comprehensive soil erosion control measures in a watershed. Part 3 evaluates the relative significance of these erosion processes in sediment production, the effectiveness of comprehensive soil and water conservation programs, and the applications of watershed modelling in determining the impact of land-use changes on soil erosion and other ecological processes.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 12, 2021).
Added Author Xu, Xiangzhou.
Series Geography of the physical environment.
Available in Other Form Watershed Erosion Processes.
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Introduction
Watershed characteristics
Sheet and rill erosion
Gully erosion
Mass movement
Tunnel erosion
Spatial distributions and interactions of different erosion processes
Soil and water loss and its control at the different spatial scales
Simulation modeling of hydrological and erosion processes
Soil erosion and control : a retrospective study on the loess plateau of China.

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