Estimating the spatial distribution of sediment concentration in the Manawatu River, New Zealand, under different land-use scenarios

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 325, 2008, Pages 502-509

  Ausseil, A G E ^a   Dymond, J R ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Land management; Land use; Sediment concentration; Soil erosion; Spatial distribution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALLS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; EROSION RATES; LAND COVERS; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGES; LAND-USE SCENARIOS; MODEL PREDICTIONS; NEW ZEALAND; RATING CURVES; REGRESSION MODELS; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUB-CATCHMENT LEVELS; SUB-CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DYNAMICS; LAND USE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EROSION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DISCHARGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; MITIGATION; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; MANAWATU RIVER; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 62749181831     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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