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06 Sep 2016
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The impact of standard preparation practice on the runoff and soil erosion rates under laboratory conditions
Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Watershed
Management Engineering, Faculty of Natural Resources, Tarbiat Modares
University, P.O. Box 46417-76489, Noor, Iran
Vafa Homayounfar
Department of Watershed
Management Engineering, Faculty of Natural Resources, Tarbiat Modares
University, P.O. Box 46417-76489, Noor, Iran
Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi
Department of Watershed
Management Engineering, Faculty of Natural Resources, Tarbiat Modares
University, P.O. Box 46417-76489, Noor, Iran
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Short summary
Different stages of soil removal, transfer, preparation and placement in laboratory plots cause significant changes in soil structure and, subsequently, the results of runoff, sediment concentration and soil loss. The increasing rates of runoff coefficient, sediment concentration and soil loss due to the study soil preparation method for laboratory soil erosion plots were 179, 183 and 1050 % (2.79, 2.83 and 11.50 times), respectively.
Different stages of soil removal, transfer, preparation and placement in laboratory plots cause...
