An assessment of soil erosion and freshwater suspended solid estimates for continental-scale environmental modelling

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2292-2314

  Pistocchi, Alberto ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical partitioning; Continental scale; Modelling; Spatially resolved chemical fate; Suspended solids

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CHEMICALS; EROSION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOLIDS;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; CONTINENTAL (CO); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING; IN ORDER; OCTANOL/WATER PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SOIL EROSION; SUSPENDED MATTER (SPM); SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER (SPM); SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS);

SURFACE WATERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ESTIMATION METHOD; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION; SURFACE WATER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 46449132254     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6824     Document Type: Article

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