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Splash Correction Factors for Soil Erosion Studies
Author(s) -
Farrell D. A.,
Moldenhauer W. C.,
Larson W. E.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1974.03615995003800030035x
Subject(s) - splash , erosion , environmental science , water erosion , soil science , soil loss , soil water , hydrology (agriculture) , geotechnical engineering , geology , geomorphology , geography , meteorology
Many research workers in soil erosion have measured soil and sand splash from impacting water drops or raindrops. Size and shape of the soil containers have varied. A theoretical study was made to determine the possible effect of the geometric parameters on the measurement of soil splash. The results show that estimates of soil detachment by raindrop impact could be substantially affected by the size and shape of the container.