Application of the spatial distribution of nitrogen stable isotopes for sediment tracing at the watershed scale

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 358, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 46-55

  Fox, James F ^a   Papanicolaou, Athanasios N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical processes; GIS; Sediment tracing; Spatially distributed model; Stable nitrogen isotope; Surface erosion

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DEBRIS; FARM BUILDINGS; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALOGY; MOISTURE CONTROL; NITROGEN; PLANT MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; TECHNOLOGY; TRACE ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; BIOGEOCHEMICAL TRACERS; DATA VARIANCE; DISTRIBUTED MODELLING; ELSEVIER (CO); FIELD ASSESSMENT; FIELD DATA COLLECTION; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETERS; LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; LAND MANAGEMENTS; MINERALIZATION RATES; NITROGEN ISOTOPIC; NITROGEN STABLE ISOTOPES; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SEDIMENT TRACING; SOIL DEPTHS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; STABLE ISOTOPES; SURFACE HETEROGENEITIES; SURFACE SOILING; TRACER TECHNOLOGY; WATERSHED SCALE; WOODY DEBRIS (WD);

ISOTOPES;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; EROSION; GIS; LAND MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SOIL DEPTH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; BUILDINGS; EROSION; FORESTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GIS; ISOTOPES; LAND USE; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MOISTURE CONTROL; NITROGEN; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SOIL; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 47949102125     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.05.032     Document Type: Article

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