Using caesium-137 and unsupported lead-210 measurements to explore the relationship between sediment mobilisation, sediment delivery and sediment yield for a Calabrian catchment

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 680-689

  Porto, Paolo ^a,b   Walling, Des E ^a   Callegari, Giovanni ^c   Capra, Antonina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR Istituto Per I Sistemi Agricoli e Forestali del Mediterraneo   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Sediment load; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; LEAD ISOTOPE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION;

CALABRIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 68449101563     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF08050     Document Type: Article

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