Contribution of in-channel processes to sediment yield of an urbanizing watershed

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 748-766

  Fraley, Lisa M ^a   Miller, Andrew J ^b   Welty, Claire ^c  

^a Center for Watershed Protection   (United States)

^b Department of Geography and Environmental Systems ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion; Sedimentation; Suspended sediment load; Turbidity monitoring; Urbanization; Watershed

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; BANKLINES; BED SEDIMENTS; CHANNEL CHANGE; FIELD METHODS; FIELD SURVEYS; FINE SAND; FINE SEDIMENTS; IN-CHANNEL; LAND COVER; LONGITUDINAL PROFILE; MEAN VALUES; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PENNSYLVANIA; REMOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT YIELDS; STORM EVENTS; STREAMBED; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT LOAD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT LOADS; URBANIZATION;

CLAY MINERALS; EROSION; GAGES; LANDFORMS; MONITORING; PARKS; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORMS; SURVEYS; TURBIDITY; WATERSHEDS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BANK EROSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES; VALLEY CREEK [PENNSYLVANIA];

EID: 66149147792     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2009.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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