Modelling suspended sediment lead concentrations in contaminated peatland catchments using digital terrain analysis

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 623-630

  Rothwell, James J ^a,b   Lindsay, John B ^b,c   Evans, Martin G ^b   Allott, Timothy E H ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model; Gullies; Lead; Mapping; Peak District; Peat erosion

Indexed keywords

CLOSE PROXIMITY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL TERRAIN ANALYSIS; GULLIES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LEAD CONCENTRATION; LEAD CONTENT; PEAT EROSION; PEAT GULLIES; PEAT SAMPLES; PEAT SOILS; PEATLAND; SPATIAL MODELS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TOPOGRAPHIC DATA; WALL MATERIALS;

CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MAPPING; PEAT; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; SURVEYING;

LEAD;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CATCHMENT; DEPTH DETERMINATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; GULLY EROSION; LEAD; PEAT SOIL; PEATLAND; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

DERBYSHIRE; ENGLAND; PEAK DISTRICT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77950555299     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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