Abstract
This chapter contains sections titled:
Introduction
Infiltration processes
Factors affecting infiltration
Runoff generation
Erosion processes on hillslopes
Conclusions
References
Introduction
Infiltration processes
Factors affecting infiltration
Runoff generation
Erosion processes on hillslopes
Conclusions
References
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Arid Zone Geomorphology |
| Subtitle of host publication | Process, Form and Change in Drylands |
| Editors | David S. G. Thomas |
| Place of Publication | Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ |
| Publisher | Blackwell Publishing |
| Chapter | 11 |
| Pages | 235-267 |
| Number of pages | 33 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780470710777 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780470519080 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 25 Feb 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Biological crust type classification - hydrologic and geomorphic effects
- Conceptual structure - of rainfall-runoff processes
- Factors, affecting infiltration - controls at surface-atmosphere interface
- Hypothetical relationships, Darcy-Weisbach friction factor and flow Reynolds number - measured relationships on surfaces from Walnut Gulch, Arizona
- Infiltration, critical threshold - in understanding runoff generation
- Key thresholds, in detachment and transport processes - in overland flows
- Patterns and scales of sediment transport
- Runoff, generated by three basic mechanisms
- Subsurface pipe formation - delivering runoff rapidly, from slopes to channels
- Work of water - runoff generation, overland flow and erosion on hillslopes