Detachment of Undisturbed Soil by Shallow Flow
Guang-hui Zhang
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Bao-yuan Liua,c,
Guo-bin Liua,c,
Xiao-wu Hea and
M. A. Nearingb
a Dep. of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Beijing Normal Univ., Beijing, 100875, China
b USDA-ARS Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, AZ 85719
c Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resource, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China

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Fig. 1. Relationship between detachment rate of natural undisturbed sample and disturbed sample.
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Fig. 2. Measured detachment rate as a function of flow discharge.
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Fig. 3. Measured detachment rate as a function of slope gradient.
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Fig. 4. Measured detachment rate vs. predicted detachment rate using Eq. [5]
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Fig. 5. Measured detachment rate as a function of mean flow velocity.
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Fig. 6. Measured detachment rate as a function of shear stress.
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Fig. 7. Measured detachment rate as a function of unit stream power.
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Fig. 8. Measured detachment rate as a function of stream power.
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