Erosion from an established forest road in the Ouachita Mountains

Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Watershed Management to Meet Water Quality Standards and Emerging TMDL

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 101-109

  Busteed, P R ^c   Turton, D J ^c   Nettles, J ^a,b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Erosion; Forest road erosion; Forest roads; Sediment; WEPP

Indexed keywords

FOREST ROAD EROSION; OUACHITA MOUNTAINS; STORM EROSION; WEPP;

EROSION; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

ROADS AND STREETS;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; RAIN; ROADS; SEDIMENTS; SOIL EROSION; WATER SHEDS;

EID: 27844434337     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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