Review of soil erosion modelling involving water with field applications

C. W. Rose; A. Haddadchi

doi:10.1071/SR23080

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Review of soil erosion modelling involving water with field applications

C. W. Rose

^A ^* and A. Haddadchi

^B ^*

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^A School of Environment and Science, and Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, Qld, Australia.

^B National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Christchurch, New Zealand.

^* Correspondence to: c.rose@griffith.edu.au, arman.haddadchi@niwa.co.nz

Handling Editor: Stephen Anderson

Soil Research 61(8) 735-754 https://doi.org/10.1071/SR23080

Submitted: 2 May 2023 Accepted: 23 September 2023 Published: 13 October 2023

© 2023 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND)

Abstract

The literature associated with the topic of soil erosion processes is so vast that coverage must be restricted in some way. The major restriction adopted includes a focus on physically-based soil erosion modelling and its application in field studies including gully formation and sediment control methods. The choice of topics has also been biased towards those in which the authors have had some involvement, ensuring some emphasis on erosion studies in Australia and Southeast Asia.

Keywords: deposition, erosion mitigation strategies, field applications, gully erosion, physically-based models, sediment transport, soil conservation, soil erosion modelling.

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