Drainage ditches as sediment sinks on the coastal plain of North Carolina

Physical Geography

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 447-463

  Lecce, Scott A ^a   Gares, Paul A ^a   Pease, Patrick P ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal Plain; Drainage ditches; North Carolina; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COASTAL PLAIN; DRAINAGE; HEADWATER; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION; WATERSHED;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846813780     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.27.5.447     Document Type: Article

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