Sediment loads and sources in heavily modified Irish catchments: A move towards informed management strategies

Geomorphology

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 93-113

  Evans, D J ^a   Gibson, C E ^b   Rossell, R S ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment management; Erosion; Fingerprinting; River Bush; Sediment load; Sediment sources

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; CATCHMENT; EROSION; RIVER CHANNEL; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 33747010395     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.09.018     Document Type: Article

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