Relative contributions of runoff and sediment sources within a road prism and implications for total sediment delivery

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 457-468

  Croke, Jacky ^a,b   Mockler, Simon ^a,b   Hairsine, Peter ^b,c   Fogarty, Peter ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology ^*  (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d Soil and Land Conservation Consulting   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forestry; Rainfall simulation; Roads; Runoff generation; Sources of sediment and water within a road prism; Surface erosion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; FORESTRY; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

RAINFALL SIMULATION; ROAD PRISM; SEDIMENT DELIVERY;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; FORESTRY; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; ROAD; RUNOFF;

BASINS; EROSION; FORESTRY; RAIN; RUNOFF; SIMULATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BERMAGUI; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 33646058299     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1279     Document Type: Article

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