Runoff and soil loss relationships for the Texas Blackland Prairies ecoregion

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 331, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 471-483

  Harmel, R D ^a   Richardson, C W ^a   King, K W ^b   Allen, P M ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b SOIL DRAINAGE RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural runoff; Erosion; Peak flow frequency; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; EROSION; FLOW PATTERNS; HERBICIDES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS;

PEAK FLOW FREQUENCY; TREND ANALYSIS; WATERSHED SIZE;

HYDROLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; EROSION; FLOW PATTERNS; HERBICIDES; HYDROLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS;

COVER CROP; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOREGION; EROSION CONTROL; HERBICIDE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

EROSION; HERBICIDES; HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF; SOIL;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; TEXAS BLACKLAND PRAIRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750681672     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.05.033     Document Type: Article

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