Sediment yields in a changing environment: A historical reconstruction using reservoir bottom-sediments in three contrasting small catchments, North York Moors, UK

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 245, Issue , 1997, Pages 169-179

  Lees, Joan ^a   Foster, Ian ^a   Jones, David ^a   Owens, Phil ^b   Walling, Des ^b   Leeks, Graham ^c  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAND USE; RADIOISOTOPES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS;

MULTIPLE CORE CORRELATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 0030712793     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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