Impact of iron ore mining on suspended sediment response in a tropical catchment in Kudremukh, Western Ghats, India

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 224, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 187-198

  Krishnaswamy, Jagdish ^a,e   Bunyan, Milind ^b   Mehta, Vishal K ^c   Jain, Niren ^d   Karanth, K Ullas ^e  

^a ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d Ratna Apartments   (India)

^e Centre for Wildlife Studies   (India)

Author keywords

Extreme monsoon rainfall events; Grasslands; Open cast mining; Reservoir sedimentation; Suspended sediment yields; Tropical montane forest

Indexed keywords

IRON; MINING; RAIN; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); WATER RESOURCES;

EXTREME MONSOON RAINFALL EVENTS; OPEN-CAST MINING; RESERVOIR SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT YIELDS; TROPICAL MONTANE FOREST;

ORE ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENT; IRON ORE; MINING; RAINFALL; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENTATION;

DISPERSIONS; GRASSES; IRON; MINING; ORE; RAIN; SEDIMENTS; WATER RESOURCES;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

POACEAE;

EID: 33144477526     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.12.018     Document Type: Article

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