1 Introduction
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This collection of work includes a wide range of types of research and applied
studies undertaken using this experimental approach and, as such, serves to demonstrate the value and effectiveness of adopting such an investigative means. In spite of
the significant problems associated with the design and prosecution of experimental
studies of soil conservation, they can provide an insight into landform evolution and
dynamics that can be obtained in no other way. The work develops new data sets and
experimental methods to quantify the dynamics of soil loss that represent different
stages in the development of soil functions. In conclusion, application of the new data
tests how simulation and observation can be coupled to guide beneficial intervention
in soils in order to control soil erosion, especially that on the steep slope.
References
Cheng F, Xu X Z, Gao J H, et al. 2008. Advance of research on the rainfall simulators for soil
erosion. Science of Soil and Water Conservation, 6(2): 107–112 (in Chinese).
Chorley R J. 1964. Geography and analogue theory. Annals of the Association of American
Geographers, 54(1), 127–137.
Guo Z, Ma M, Cai C F, et al. 2017. Oil erosion and flow hydraulics on red soil slope under simulated
rainfall/runoff, Resources and Environment in the Yangtze Basin, 26(1): 150–157 (in Chinese).
Haflidason H, Lien R, Sejrup H P, et al. 2005. The dating and morphometry of the Storegga Slide.
Marine and Petroleum Geology, 22(1–2): 123–136.
Hovius N, Stark C P, Allen P A. 1997. Sediment flux from a mountain belt derived by landslide
mapping. Geology, 25(3): 231–234.
Iverson R M, Reid M E, Iverson N R, et al. 2000. Acute sensitivity of landslide rates to initial soil
porosity. Science, 290(5491): 513–516.
Li Y G, Chen G Q, Wang B, et al. 2013. A new approach of combining aerial photography with
satellite imagery for landslide detection. Natural Hazards, 66(2): 649–669.
Martin Y, Rood K, Schwab J W, et al. 2002. Sediment transfer by shallow landsliding in the Queen
Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 39(2): 189–205.
Ochiai H, Okada Y, Furuya G, et al. 2004. A fluidized landslide on a natural slope by artificial
rainfall. Landslides, 1(3): 211–219.
Oppikofer T, Jaboyedoff M, Keusen H R. 2008. Collapse at the eastern Eiger flank in the Swiss
Alps. Nature Geoscience, 1(8): 531–535.
Schumm S A, Mosley M P, Weaver W E. 1987. Experimental fluvial geomorphology. New York:
John Wiley and Sons: 1–7.
Velicogna I, Wahr J. 2006. Measurements of time-variable gravity show mass loss in Antarctica.
Science, 311(5768): 1754–1756.
Wang X K, Qian N, Hu W D. 1982. The formation and process of confluence of the flow with hyperconcentration in the Gullied-Hilly Loess Areas of the Yellow River Basin. Journal of Hydraulic
Engineering, (7): 26–35 (in Chinese).
Wen A B, Zhang X B, Zhang Y Y, et al. 2003. Comparison study on sediment sources between
debris flow gullies and non-debris flow gullies by using the 137Cs tracing technique in Dongchuan,
Yunnan Province of China. Journal of Sediment Research, (4): 52–56 (in Chinese).
Whitehouse I E. 1983. Distribution of large rock avalanche deposits in the central Southern Alps,
New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 26(3): 271–279.
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This collection of work includes a wide range of types of research and applied
studies undertaken using this experimental approach and, as such, serves to demonstrate the value and effectiveness of adopting such an investigative means. In spite of
the significant problems associated with the design and prosecution of experimental
studies of soil conservation, they can provide an insight into landform evolution and
dynamics that can be obtained in no other way. The work develops new data sets and
experimental methods to quantify the dynamics of soil loss that represent different
stages in the development of soil functions. In conclusion, application of the new data
tests how simulation and observation can be coupled to guide beneficial intervention
in soils in order to control soil erosion, especially that on the steep slope.
References
Cheng F, Xu X Z, Gao J H, et al. 2008. Advance of research on the rainfall simulators for soil
erosion. Science of Soil and Water Conservation, 6(2): 107–112 (in Chinese).
Chorley R J. 1964. Geography and analogue theory. Annals of the Association of American
Geographers, 54(1), 127–137.
Guo Z, Ma M, Cai C F, et al. 2017. Oil erosion and flow hydraulics on red soil slope under simulated
rainfall/runoff, Resources and Environment in the Yangtze Basin, 26(1): 150–157 (in Chinese).
Haflidason H, Lien R, Sejrup H P, et al. 2005. The dating and morphometry of the Storegga Slide.
Marine and Petroleum Geology, 22(1–2): 123–136.
Hovius N, Stark C P, Allen P A. 1997. Sediment flux from a mountain belt derived by landslide
mapping. Geology, 25(3): 231–234.
Iverson R M, Reid M E, Iverson N R, et al. 2000. Acute sensitivity of landslide rates to initial soil
porosity. Science, 290(5491): 513–516.
Li Y G, Chen G Q, Wang B, et al. 2013. A new approach of combining aerial photography with
satellite imagery for landslide detection. Natural Hazards, 66(2): 649–669.
Martin Y, Rood K, Schwab J W, et al. 2002. Sediment transfer by shallow landsliding in the Queen
Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 39(2): 189–205.
Ochiai H, Okada Y, Furuya G, et al. 2004. A fluidized landslide on a natural slope by artificial
rainfall. Landslides, 1(3): 211–219.
Oppikofer T, Jaboyedoff M, Keusen H R. 2008. Collapse at the eastern Eiger flank in the Swiss
Alps. Nature Geoscience, 1(8): 531–535.
Schumm S A, Mosley M P, Weaver W E. 1987. Experimental fluvial geomorphology. New York:
John Wiley and Sons: 1–7.
Velicogna I, Wahr J. 2006. Measurements of time-variable gravity show mass loss in Antarctica.
Science, 311(5768): 1754–1756.
Wang X K, Qian N, Hu W D. 1982. The formation and process of confluence of the flow with hyperconcentration in the Gullied-Hilly Loess Areas of the Yellow River Basin. Journal of Hydraulic
Engineering, (7): 26–35 (in Chinese).
Wen A B, Zhang X B, Zhang Y Y, et al. 2003. Comparison study on sediment sources between
debris flow gullies and non-debris flow gullies by using the 137Cs tracing technique in Dongchuan,
Yunnan Province of China. Journal of Sediment Research, (4): 52–56 (in Chinese).
Whitehouse I E. 1983. Distribution of large rock avalanche deposits in the central Southern Alps,
New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 26(3): 271–279.