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Slope-channel linkage and sediment delivery on north carolina coastal plain cropland

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The results of field measurements conducted in a small (19Ð4 ha) agricultural basin on the North Carolina coastal plain this paper suggest that erosion in the region is more rapid and extensive than previously thought.
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This paper presents the results of field measurements conducted in a small (19Ð4 ha) agricultural basin on the North Carolina coastal plain. The overall objective of the study is to determine the magnitude of soil erosion and sediment delivery as a result of storm runoff. The results suggest that erosion in the region is more rapid and extensive than previously thought. Fields at the site are experiencing accelerated soil loss, with rates often comparable to those of the southeastern Piedmont, a region long recognized as having rapid and problematic soil loss. This casts doubt on some assessments of the coastal plain as being a stable, non-eroding landscape. However, much of the soil mobilized is redistributed and stored within the watershed with only a small portion of the soil eroded from slopes leaving the basin on an event time frame. Copyright  2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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The sediment delivery problem

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Long-term sediment deposition in the riparian zone of a coastal plain watershed

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Fluvial sediment budgets in the North Carolina Piedmont

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Hydraulic conditions for rill incision under simulated rainfall: A laboratory experiment

TL;DR: In this paper, a series of controlled laboratory experiments were conducted in order to obtain precise data on the hydraulic and sediment transport conditions during rill formation, and the relationship between sediment discharge, rill erosion, and flow hydraulics was found to be nonlinear, conforming to a standard power function in the form y = axb.