Wheat field erosion rates and channel bottom sediment sources in an intensively cropped Northeastern Oregon drainage basin

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-26

  Nagle, G N ^a   Ritchie, J C ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesium 137; Erosion; Nonpoint source pollution; Oregon (USA); Sedimentation; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; CULTIVATION; DRAINAGE; EROSION; FLOODS; SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

CULTIVATED FIELDS; SEDIMENT TRACERS;

LAND USE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CESIUM; CROPPING PRACTICE; DRAINAGE BASIN; EROSION RATE; SOIL EROSION; WATERSHED;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WILDHORSE CREEK;

RIPARIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 1442338672     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.587     Document Type: Article

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