Runoff and suspended sediment yields from an unpaved road segment, St John, US Virgin Islands

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-50

  Ramos Scharrón, Carlos E ^a,b   MacDonald, Lee H ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Caribbean; Kinematic wave; Road erosion; Runoff modelling; Unit hydrograph

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROADS AND STREETS; SEDIMENT TRAPS;

GREEN-AMPT INFILTRATION EQUATION; KINEMATIC WAVE; ROAD EROSION; UNIT HYDROGRAPH;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROADS AND STREETS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAPS;

DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EROSION; HYDROGRAPH; INFILTRATION; KINEMATICS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT YIELD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

EID: 33846386558     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6175     Document Type: Article

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