Sediment yields and sediment delivery in the catchments of Slapton Lower Ley, South Devon, UK

Field Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 629-661

  Foster, I D L ^a   Owens, P N ^b   Walling, D E ^b  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; LAKE; SEDIMENT YIELD; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL EROSION;

UK, ENGLAND, DEVON, SLAPTON LEY;

EID: 0030455407     PISSN: 0428304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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