10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAINWASH»
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Soils: A New Global View
CHAPTER. 4. Rainwash. Consistency in opinion is the slow poison of intellectual
life, the destroyer of its vividness and energy. Humphrey Davy In Chapter 3 the
formation of a soil mantle as a result of bioturbation was discussed: the biomantle
...
2
Earth Alive!: From Microbes to a Living Planet
In rainwash, the fine fraction is preferentially removed in suspension and
transported out of the system by rivers and streams. This leaves the coarser
fraction, dominandy quartz sand and litter, to move slowly and spasmodically
downhill.
3
Modern American Coal Mining: Methods and Applications
Under the urge of rainwash, many particles are moved considerable distances
and always to a lower level. This continual process is called erosion, and the
agencies taking part include the wind, running water, ice, and sea waves.
Bise, Christopher J., 2013
4
Geological Survey Professional Paper
The cliff is cut in compact oxidized till of early Wisconsin (Iowan?) age and stands
45 feet high at the maximum, with a slope of about 57° . Most of the erosion is the
result of rilling by rainwash in the summer and the sloughing off of ...
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Abstracts of papers submitted for seven meetings with which ...
Release is due to freeze-thaw conditions and occasional heavy rain, yet some
also originates from rainwash or avalanching. Alluvial talus, consisting of water-
transported fragments, has larger sizes on upper slopes of 38—35 degrees, fines
...
6
Natural Stone, Weathering Phenomena, Conservation Strategies ...
Scating Time degree of shelter from rain and rainwash created by delamination. If
frequent surface washing persists it is possible that the stone will continue to be
deeply wetted and any additional surface salt accumulation will be gradual.
S. Siegesmund (ed.), Thomas Norbert Weiss, A. Vollbrecht (ed.), 2002
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The Soil Underfoot: Infinite Possibilities for a Finite Resource
3.2.2 visiBle Processes oF soil loss 3.2.2.1 Splash and Rainwash The destruction
of soil is commonly associated with running water, cutting rills, and gullies into
the topsoil layer. However, there is a range of processes that act on the topsoil ...
G. Jock Churchman, Edward R. Landa, 2014
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Soil Micromorphology: Studies in Management and Genesis: ...
Previously, Humphreys and Mitchell (1983) argued that a combination of shallow
mixing, active mounding and effective rainwash would tend to yield texture
contrast soils providing the soil is derived from material capable of being sorted.
A.J. Ringrose-Voase, G.S. Humphreys, 1994
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Encyclopedia of Geomorphology
It has been used interchangeably with terms such as 'surface wash', 'rainwash', '
unconcentrated wash' and 'rillwash', now largely replaced by morepreciseterms
such as 'overland flow', 'sheet wash', 'rainflow', 'rain impactedflow',and 'rilling' ...
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The Bobbs-Merrill Reprint Series in Geography
The dominant process is rainwash which removes the finer products of
weathering in solution and in suspension, but also carries the small rock chips
and sand sizes. The abrupt change in gradient at the base of hills and mountains
— the ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAINWASH»
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Did heavy rainwash away nitrogen?
Saturated soil in many parts of the Prairies may be deficient in nitrogen but soggy field conditions may make it difficult to apply more. «Western Producer, Jul 13»
