Eroding blanket peat catchments: Global and local implications of upland organic sediment budgets

Geomorphology

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 45-57

  Evans, Martin ^a   Warburton, Jeff ^b   Yang, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon flux; Erosion control; Peat; Sediment budget; Sediment yield

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; CATCHMENT; ERODIBILITY; EROSION CONTROL; PEATLAND; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT YIELD; UPLAND REGION;

EID: 33746961198     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.09.015     Document Type: Article

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