Sediment budgets and source determinations using fallout Cesium-137 in a semiarid rangeland watershed, Arizona, USA

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 637-643

  Ritchie, Jerry C ^a   Nearing, Mark A ^b   Rhoton, Fred E ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid rangelands; Cs 137; Erosion; Sediment budgets; Sediment sources; Soil redistribution; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

ARID RANGELANDS; CS-137; SEDIMENT BUDGETS; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SOIL REDISTRIBUTION;

BUDGET CONTROL; CESIUM; CLAY MINERALS; EROSION; FIRE HAZARDS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

SEDIMENTS;

CESIUM 137;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; FALLOUT; FLUME EXPERIMENT; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; RANGELAND; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL EROSION; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BUDGET; CONTROLLED STUDY; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RANGELAND; SEDIMENT; SHRUB; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

ARIZONA; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KINETICS; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WALNUT GULCH;

JUGLANS;

EID: 67649340643     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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