Texture, spatial distribution, and rate of reservoir sedimentation within a highly erosive, cultivated watershed: Grenada Lake, Mississippi

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Bennett, Sean J ^a   Rhoton, Fred E ^b   Dunbar, John A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; DAMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EROSION; FLOOD CONTROL; LAKES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENTS; TEXTURES;

CHANNEL-DERIVED SEDIMENTS; INFRASTRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STORAGE CAPACITY;

WATERSHEDS;

DAM; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENTATION; WATERSHED;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14944384721     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003645     Document Type: Article

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