Evaluation of the effect of porous check dam location on fine sediment retention (a case study)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 152, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 319-326

  Hassanli, A M ^a   Nameghi, A Esmaeli ^b   Beecham, S ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Dep of Environment and Natural   (Australia)

Author keywords

Erosion; Fine sediments; Porous check dams

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; FINE SEDIMENTS; LABORATORY ANALYSIS; MIDDLE SECTIONS; NUMBER OF SAMPLES; POROUS CHECK DAMS; PRIMARY FUNCTIONS; SEDIMENT TEXTURES; SOIL SAMPLES; STREAM BANKS; UNDISTURBED SOILS;

CLAY MINERALS; DAMS; EROSION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS;

SEDIMENTS;

DAM FAILURE; EROSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; SEDIMENT TRAP; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION; IRAN; PARTICLE SIZE; ROCK; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; STREAM (RIVER); WATERSHED;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRAN; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; RIVERS; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 63749132092     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0318-2     Document Type: Article

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