Soil Erosion Network: Experimental Metadata
 Rainfall Simulations and Soil Surface Degradation, Arizona and New Mexico, USA

 
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1 CONTACT PERSON
1.1 Name Professor Tony Parsons
1.2 Address Department of Geography, University of Leicester,
University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
1.3 Tel +116 252 3851
1.4 Fax +116 252 3854
1.5 E-mail ajp16@le.ac.uk
1.6 List other researchers involved: Dr. J. Wainwright, King's College, London. Professor A.D. Abrahams, State University of New York at Buffalo.
2 WATER EROSION
2.1  mm2 - cm2: Dynamics of soil aggregation
2.2  m2: physical degradation: (surface sealing, crusting) and its impact on surface roughness, infiltration and runoff
2.6 Other scale or processes investigated:
3 WIND EROSION
4 MASS MOVEMENTS
5 TILLAGE EROSION
6 TEMPORAL SCALE OF EXPERIMENTS
6.1 events 20 minutes to 1 hour.
Temporal resolution Annual
7 DESCRIPTION OF EROSION FACTORS STUDIED
7.1 Climate:
7.2 Topography:
7.3 Soils:
7.4 Vegetation: Semi-arid grassland and shrubland.
7.5 Management:
7.6 Others:
8 FIELD EXPERIMENTS Description of the field site and of the type of experiments and equipment involved for each of the erosion processes being studied:
8.1 Erosion process: Rainfall simulations.
8.2 Location (town, state, country): Tombstone, Arizona, USA. Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
8.3 Equipment involved: Fixed nozzle simulator on plots ranging in size from 1 m2 to 500 m2
8.4 Remarks:
9 LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS Description of the laboratory and the type of experiments and equipment involved for each of the erosion processes studied:
Laboratory equipped to simulate shallow rain-impacted overland flow. Uses flumes. Variable-intensity rainfall simulator.
10 REMARKS
11 LIST RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS
Abrahams, A.D., Parsons, A.J. and Luk, S.H. (1986) Field measurement of the velocity of overland flow using dye tracing. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 11(6), 653-657.

Abrahams, A.D., Parsons, A.J. and Luk, S.H. (1986). Resistance to overland flow on desert hillslopes. Jour. Hydrology, 88 (3/4), 343-363.

Luk, S.H., Abrahams, A.D. and Parsons, A.J. (1986). A simple rainfall simulator and trickle system for hydro-geomorphological experiments. Physical Geography, 7, 344-356.

Parsons, A.J. and Abrahams, A.D. (1987). Gradient-particle size relations on quartz monzonite debris slopes in the Mojave Desert. Jour. Geol., 95, 423-432.

Abrahams, A.D., Parsons, A.J. and Luk, S.H. (1988). Threshold relations for the transport of sediment by overland flow on desert hillslopes, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 13(5), 407-419.

Abrahams, A.D., Parsons, A.J. and Luk, S.H. (1988). Hydrologic and sediment responses to simulated rainfall on desert hillslopes in Southern Arizona, Catena, 15(2), 103-117.

Abrahams, A.D., Parsons, A.J. and Luk, S.H. (1989). Distribution of depth of overland flow on desert hillslopes and its implications for modelling soil erosion, Jour. Hydrology, 106, 177-184.

Parsons, A.J. and Abrahams, A.D. (1989). A miniature flume for sampling interrill overland flow, Physical Geography, 10, 96-105.

 

Abrahams, A.D., Parsons, A.J. and Luk, S.H. (1990). Field experiments on resistance to overland flow, Arizona, Interl. Sci. Hydrology Bull., 189, 1-18.

Abrahams, A.D. and Parsons, A.J. (1990). Determining the mean depth of overland flow in field studies of flow hydraulics, Water Resources Research, 26, 501-503.

Parsons, A.J., Abrahams, A.D. and Luk, S.H. (1990). Hydraulics of interrill overland flow on a semi- arid hillslope, Southern Arizona, Jour. Hydrology, 117. 255-273.

Abrahams, A.D. and Parsons, A.J. (1991). Relation between infiltration and stone cover on a semiarid hillslope, Southern Arizona, Jour. Hydrology, 122, 49-59.

Abrahams, A.D., Parsons, A.J. and Luk, S.H. (1991). The effect of spatial variability in overland flow on the downslope pattern of soil loss on a semi-arid hillslope, Southern Arizona, Catena, 18, 255-270.

Parsons, A.J., Abrahams, A.D. and Luk, S.H. (1991). Size characteristics of sediment in interrill overland flow on a semi-arid hillslope, Southern Arizona, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 16, 143-152.

Abrahams, A.D. and Parsons, A.J. (1991). Relation between sediment yield and gradient on debris- covered hillslopes, Walnut Gulch, Arizona, Geographical Society of America, Bulletin, 103, 1109-1113.

Abrahams, A.D. and Parsons, A.J. (1991). Resistance to overland flow on desert pavement and its implications for sediment transport modelling, Water Resources Research, 27, 1827-1836.

Parsons, A.J., Abrahams, A.D. and Simanton, J.R. (1992). Microtopography and soil-surface materials on semi-arid piedmont hillslopes, Southern Arizona, Jour. Arid Environments, 22, 107-115.

Parsons, A.J. and Abrahams, A.D. (1992). Controls on sediment removal by interrill overland flow on semi-arid hillslopes, Israel Jour. Earth Sciences, 41, 177-188.

Luk, S.H., Abrahams, A.D. and Parsons, A.J. (1992). Sediment sources and sediment transport by rill flow and interrill flow on a semi-arid piedmont slope, Southern Arizona, Catena, 22, 93-111.

Parsons, A.J., Wainwright, J. and Abrahams, A.D. (1993). Tracing sediment movement in interrill overland flow on a semi-arid grassland hillslope using magnetic susceptibility, Earth Processes and Landforms, 18, 721-732.

Parsons, A.J., Abrahams, A.D. and Wainwright, J. (1994). Resistance to overland flow on semiarid grassland and shrubland hillslopes, Walnut Gulch, Southern Arizona, Jour. Hydrology, 156. 431-446.

Parsons, A.J., Abrahams, A.D. and Wainwright, J. (1994). Rainsplash and erosion rates in an interrill area on semi-arid grassland, Southern Arizona, Catena, 22, 215-226.

Abrahams, A.D. and Parsons, A.J. (1994). Hydraulics of interrill overland flow on stone-covered desert surfaces, Catena 23, 111-140.

Parsons, A.J., Abrahams, A.D. and Wainwright, J. (1994). On determining resistance to interrill overland flow, Water Resources Research 30, 3515-3521.

Wainwright, J., Parsons, A.J. and Abrahams, A.D. (1995). A simulation study of the role of splash erosion in the formation of desert pavements, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 20, 277-291.

Abrahams, A.D., Parsons, A.J. and Wainwright, J. (1995). Controls and determination of resistance to overland flow on semiarid hillslopes, Walnut Gulch. Jour. Soil and Water Conservation, 50, 457-460.

Abrahams, A.D., Parsons, A.J. and Wainwright, J. (1995). Effects of vegetation change on interrill runoff and erosion, Walnut Gulch, Southern Arizona. Geomorphology, 13, 37-48.

Abrahams, A.D., Li, G. and Parsons, A.J. (1995). Rill hydraulics on a semi-arid hillslope, Southern Arizona, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (in press).

Parsons, A.J., Abrahams, A.D. and Wainwright, J. (1995). Responses if interrill runoff and erosion rates to vegetation change in Southern Arizona, Geomorphology (in press).

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