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Publication Type:
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Author(s): | Meyer, L. D.;
Dabney, S. M.;
Harmon, W. C. |
Author Affiliation: | ASAE Life Member Engineer, Argricultural Engineer, retired (Collaborator); ASAE Member, Agronomist; ASAE Member Engineer, Hydraulic Engineer, USDA-Agricultural Research Service National Sedimentation Laboratory, Oxford, Miss. |
Title: | Sediment-trapping effectiveness of stiff-grass hedges |
Source: | Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. Vol. 38, No. 3, May/June 1995, p. 809-815. |
Publishing Information: | St. Joseph, MI |
# of Pages: | 7 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Cultivar evaluation; Hedgerows; Runoff control; Sediment control
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Abstract/Contents: | "Flume studies showed that narrow hedges of tall, stiff grasses across locations of concentrated overland flow have great potential for retarding runoff and reducing sediment losses. Hedges of switchgrass and vetiver caused backwater depths of up to 400 mm and trapped more than 90% of sediment coarser than 125 μm. Lesser percentages were trapped as sediment size decreased, with only about 20% of the material finer than 32 μm caught. Sediment trapping resulted mostly from upslope ponding by the hedges rather by filtering action, so the physical characteristics of the different grasses were important primarily to the extent that they retarded flow." |
Language: | English |
References: | 21 |
Note: | Pictures, b/w Figures Tables |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Meyer, L. D., S. M. Dabney, and W. C. Harmon. 1995. Sediment-trapping effectiveness of stiff-grass hedges. Trans. Proc. Am. Soc. Agric. Eng. 38(3):p. 809-815. |
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