Identification of sediment sources in forested watersheds with surface coal mining disturbance using carbon and nitrogen isotopes

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1273-1289

  Fox, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Erosion; Isotopes; Nitrogen; Sediment sources; Surface coal mining; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MINING; AQUATIC SYSTEM; CARBON AND NITROGEN; COAL MINING; FOREST REGIONS; FORESTED WATERSHEDS; GEOGENIC; GRASSLAND SOILS; ISOTOPE TECHNIQUES; KENTUCKY; LAND MANAGEMENTS; MASS BALANCE; MONTE CARLO; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PROCESS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL SAMPLE; STABLE CARBON AND NITROGEN ISOTOPES; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; STREAMBANK EROSION; SURFACE COAL MINING; SURFACE EROSION; SURFACE SOIL; UNDISTURBED FORESTS; UNMIXING;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL TRANSPORTATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LAND USE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINE TRANSPORTATION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

EROSION;

CARBON ISOTOPE; COAL MINING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATERSHED;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70350783883     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2009.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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