Impacts of land use conversion on bankfull discharge and mass wasting

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 326-337

  Riedel, Mark S ^a,c   Verry, Elon S ^b   Brooks, Kenneth N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest hydrology; Mass wasting; Sedimentation; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; SOIL CONSERVATION; STREAM FLOW; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

BANKFULL DISCHARGE; FOREST HYDROLOGIES; GLACIAL REBOUND; MASS CHANNELS; MASS WASTING; MINNESOTA; NATURAL RESPONSE; RIVER WATERSHEDS; WATERSHEDS MANAGEMENT; WISCONSIN;

LAND USE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; FOREST; LAND USE CHANGE; MASS WASTING; RIVER DISCHARGE;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAND USE; SOIL EROSION; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

NEMADJI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20944439571     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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