Unsealed roads as suspended sediment sources in an agricultural catchment in south-eastern Australia

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 286, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 1-18

  Motha, J A ^a,b,c,d   Wallbrink, P J ^a,b   Hairsine, P B ^a,b   Grayson, R B ^a,c  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Bill Guy Ptnrs Pty Ltd Consult C   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultivated land; Forest; Mixing model; Monte Carlo; Pastureland; Sediment tracer; Suspended sediment; Temperate; Unsealed road

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; COMPOSITION; CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; GRAVEL; HYDROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RAIN; ROADS AND STREETS; SOILS;

HYDROGRAPHS; PASTURELANDS; UNSEALED ROADS;

SEDIMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; HYDROGRAPH; RAINFALL; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRACER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 1142281995     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2003.07.006     Document Type: Article

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