Land use change and erosional history in a lake catchment system on the Canadian prairies

Catena

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 155-168

  Koroluk, S L ^a   de Boer, D H ^b  

^a University of Saskatchewan ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian prairies; Erosion rate; Erosional history; Lake sediment; Land use change

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; EROSION RATE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAND USE CHANGE; LEAD ISOTOPE; PRAIRIE; SEDIMENT CORE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 34247365676     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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