Hard particles as Quartz and Feldspar are present in large amount in most of the rivers across the Himalayan basins. In run-off-river hydro power plants these particles find way to turbine and cause its components to erode. Loss of turbine material due to the erosion and subsequent change in flow pattern induce several operational and maintenance problems in the power plants. Reduction in overa...

The chernozem has high productivity, most of which is located in Northeast of China. Considering the restrictions of land use and terrain and meteorological conditions, soil erosion and degradation often result in lower agricultural output than expected. Land consolidation is served to consolidate parcels and to enlarge holdings as well as included provisions such as irrigation, drainage infras...

wind regime data from the jask meteorological station from a 20-year statistical period (1985-2005) was analyzedusing the fryberger method to investigate sand drift potential (dp) in this area. the resultant drift potential anddirectional variability of wind were calculated and illustrated. average annual sand dp was estimated to be 460vector units (vu), and the sand flux is 51 m3/m.year. there...

14 15 Rare earth element oxides (REOs) have excellent potential for use as tracers in 16 erosion studies. Using laboratory and field experiments we aimed to develop and test 17 a simple application method for spreading REOs and to use REOs to determine the 18 source of sediment to concentrated overland flow paths. 19 Tracks left by farm machinery (tramlines) in fields act as concentrated flow 2...

We codify previously published means of calculating exposure ages and erosion rates from 10Be and 26Al concentrations in rock surfaces, and present a single complete, straightforward, and internally consistent method that represents currently accepted practices. It is intended to enable geologists, geomorphologists, and paleoclimatologists, who wish to apply cosmogenic-nuclide exposure age or e...

the presentstudy aimed to compare the annual soil loss prediction of rusle model with the soil erosion measurements using erosion pins and plots in khamesan representative watershed, kurdistan province. for this purpose, the distributed annual soil loss was estimated by rusle model. the suspended sediment samples were then collected daily for one year (2015/7 to 2016/6) in hydrometry station at...