Monitoring urban impacts on suspended sediment, trace element, and nutrient fluxes within the City of Atlanta, Georgia, USA: Program design, methodological considerations, and initial results

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1473-1496

  Horowitz, Arthur J ^a   Elrick, Kent A ^a   Smith, James J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual fluxes; Nutrients; Suspended sediments; Trace elements; Urban hydrology; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NUTRIENTS; SEDIMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS; URBAN PLANNING; WATER QUALITY;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; URBAN HYDROLOGY;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; NUTRIENTS; SEDIMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS; URBAN PLANNING; WATER QUALITY;

BASEFLOW; DESIGN; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HYDROLOGY; MONITORING; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRACE ELEMENT; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449140968     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6699     Document Type: Article

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