The relationship of lithology and watershed characteristics to fine sediment deposition in streams of the Oregon Coast Range

Environmental Management

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 659-670

  Sable, K A ^a   Wohl, E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Basalt; Fine sediment deposition; Oregon Coast Range; Sandstone; Stream management; V*

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LITHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTS;

FINE SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; OREGON COAST RANGE; STREAM MANAGEMENT; V;

WATERSHEDS;

DEPOSITION; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; LITHOLOGY; MOUNTAIN STREAM; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION; SAMPLE; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREAM (RIVER); WATERSHED; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; WOOD;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRECIPITATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SOFTWARE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645391313     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0055-z     Document Type: Article

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