Combining sediment source tracing techniques with traditional monitoring to assess the impact of improved land management on catchment sediment yields

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 348, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 546-563

  Minella, Jean P G ^a,b   Walling, Des E ^b   Merten, Gustavo H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fingerprinting; Sediment sources; Sediment yield; Soil conservation; Soil erosion; Southern Brazil

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SOIL CONSERVATION;

FINGERPRINTING; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SEDIMENT YIELD;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CATCHMENTS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL SURVEYS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; HYDROGRAPH; LAND MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; STORM DEPOSIT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 36849058633     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.10.026     Document Type: Article

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