Impacts of improved grazing land management on sediment yields, Part 1: Hillslope processes

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 389, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 237-248

  Bartley, Rebecca ^a   Corfield, Jeff P ^a   Abbott, Brett N ^a   Hawdon, Aaron A ^a   Wilkinson, Scott N ^a   Nelson, Brigid ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grazing; Great Barrier Reef; Runoff; Sediment; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

DRY MATTERS; FIELD STUDIES; FLUME EXPERIMENT; GRAZING LAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; GREAT BARRIER REEF; HILLSLOPES; LAND CONDITION; LANDSCAPE TYPE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NORTHERN AUSTRALIA; PRIMARY SOURCES; RAINFALL CONDITION; RUNOFF COEFFICIENTS; RUNOFF SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SODIC SOIL; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOIL EROSION; TIME-SCALES; WET SEASON;

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; LAND USE; PROFITABILITY; RAIN; REEFS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

RUNOFF;

BIOMASS; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; GROUND COVER; GULLY; HILLSLOPE; LAND MANAGEMENT; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD; SODIC SOIL; SOIL EROSION;

AUSTRALIA; BURDEKIN RIVER; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 77955053052     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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