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Journal of Hydrology

Volume 102, Issues 1–4, 30 September 1988, Pages 165-178
Journal of Hydrology

Studies of runoff production mechanisms
Runoff process on a steep forested slope

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Abstract

Three slope units are defined by combining nine basic slope types. A convergent slope unit is called a zero-order basin, because it combines a slope and a stream.

Field measurements of the runoff process of stormflow on Pliocene slopes are presented. Pipe flow and saturated overland flow play an important part on convergent colluvial slope units. Surface soils significantly influence saturated throughflow on creeping middle slopes. The depth of weathering has a major effect on initial moisture storage for residual and creeping slopes. A subsurface storm flow pattern on a typical Pliocene slope is reconstructed based on the field measurements.

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