Sediment flux and compaction trends on off-road vehicle (ORV) and other trails in an appalachian forest setting

Physical Geography

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 536-554

  Sack, Dorothy ^a   da Luz, Silvino ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Jet Programme Green Heights Kuratayama   (Japan)

Author keywords

Erosion rates; Landscape disturbance; National forest; Off road vehicles (ORVs, ATVs, OHVs); Recreational impacts; Sediment flux; Tire throw

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EROSION RATE; HILLSLOPE; ROAD; SOIL EROSION;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 4143151632     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.24.6.536     Document Type: Article

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