Watershed sediment yield reduction through soil conservation in a West-Central Oklahoma watershed

Ecohydrology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 313-320

  Garbrecht, Jurgen D ^a   Starks, Patrick J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Runoff; Sediment; Sediment yield; Soil erosion; Water quality; Watershed

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; BEFORE AND AFTER; CONSERVATION PROJECTS; DAILY DISCHARGE; DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS; DISCHARGE RATING CURVE; GAUGING STATIONS; OKLAHOMA; RUNOFF SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SOIL EROSION; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL CONSERVATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949886474     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.55     Document Type: Article

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