Assessing damaged road verges as a suspended sediment source in the Hampshire Avon catchment, southern United Kingdom

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1106-1122

  Collins, A L ^a   Walling, D E ^b   Stroud, R W ^b   Robson, M ^c   Peet, L M ^a  

^a ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Damaged road verges; Mitigation; Suspended sediment sources; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TOPSOILS; CATCHMENT SCALE; CHANNEL SOURCE; DEPTH PROFILE; DRAINAGE BASIN; ENGLAND; FARM MACHINERY; FLOOD PLAINS; KEY CONTROL; MITIGATION OPTIONS; MITIGATION PLANS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PRIMARY SOURCES; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; ROAD NETWORK; SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; SAMPLING PERIOD; SEDIMENT CONTROL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SEM; SUB-CATCHMENT; SUBCATCHMENTS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT FLUX; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT SOURCES; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL EVIDENCE;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER CONTROL; ROADS AND STREETS; RUNOFF; SECURITY OF DATA; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

CATCHMENTS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATCHMENT; DRAINAGE BASIN; MITIGATION; ROAD; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; HAMPSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77953673455     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7573     Document Type: Article

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