Measurement and prediction of sediment production from unpaved roads, St John, US Virgin Islands

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1283-1304

  Ramos Scharrón, Carlos E ^a   MacDonald, Lee H ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Dry tropics; Forest roads; Surface erosion; US Virgin Islands

Indexed keywords

EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN GAGES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS; SEDIMENTS;

FOREST ROADS; SEDIMENT PRODUCTION; UNPAVED ROADS;

SEDIMENTATION;

EROSION; ROAD; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; SAINT JOHN [VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)]; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.); WORLD;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 25444470258     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1201     Document Type: Review

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