Sediment fingerprinting to determine the source of suspended sediment in a southern Piedmont stream

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1328-1337

  Mukundan, R ^a   Radcliffe, D E ^a   Ritchie, J C ^b   Risse, L M ^c   McKinley, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOURCES; AS-SOILS; BANK EROSION; CONSTRUCTION SITES; FINE SEDIMENTS; FLOOD PLAINS; MIXING MODELS; N VALUE; ROW CROP; SEDIMENT CONTROL; SEDIMENT FINGERPRINTING; SEDIMENT SOURCES; STREAM BANKS; STREAMBANK EROSION; SUBSURFACE SOIL; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT SOURCES; TRACER CONCENTRATION; UNPAVED ROADS; WATER QUALITY IMPAIRMENT;

AGRICULTURE; CESIUM; CIVIL ENGINEERING; EROSION; HYDRAULICS; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; ROADS AND STREETS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

SEDIMENTS;

CESIUM 137; NITROGEN 15; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEORGIA; PROCEDURES; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TREE; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEORGIA; RIVERS; TREES; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 77955652403     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2009.0405     Document Type: Article

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