Elevated sedimentation in lake records linked to agricultural activities in the Ishikari River floodplain, northern Japan

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1650-1660

  Ahn, Young Sang ^a,b   Nakamura, Futoshi ^a   Kizuka, Toshikazu ^a   Nakamura, Yugo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Korea Forest Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

137Cs inventory; Agricultural runoff; Catchment derived 137Cs contribution; Drainage ditch; Sedimentation rate; Tephrochronology

Indexed keywords

137CS INVENTORY; AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; ATMOSPHERIC FALLOUT; BEFORE AND AFTER; CAESIUM-137; CONCENTRATION OF; DRAINAGE AREA; DRAINAGE DITCH; DRAINAGE DITCHES; DRAINAGE NETWORKS; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; FLOOD PLAINS; HISTORICAL CHANGES; LAKE SEDIMENTS; LAND COVER; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; RIVER CHANNELS; RIVER REGULATION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT INFLUX; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEDIMENTATION RATES; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CATCHMENTS; CULTIVATION; DRAINAGE; LAKES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CESIUM;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; DRAINAGE BASIN; FLOODPLAIN; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; ISHIKARI; JAPAN;

EID: 70349860129     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1854     Document Type: Article

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