Experimental investigation of runoff reduction and sediment removal by vegetated filter strips

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2029-2037

  Abu Zreig, Majed ^a   Rudra, Ramesh P ^b   Lalonde, Manon N ^c   Whiteley, Hugh R ^b   Kaushik, Narinder K ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c JF Sabourin and Associates Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Sediment deposition; Simulated runoff; Vegetated filter strips; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTERS; DEPOSITION; INFILTRATION; RUNOFF; TURBULENCE; VEGETATION;

FILTER MEDIA; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SEDIMENT TRAPPING; VEGETATED FILTER STRIPS (VFS);

SEDIMENTS;

FILTER; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VEGETATION COVER; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 4644278444     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1400     Document Type: Article

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