Use of beryllium-7 to study the effectiveness of woody trash barriers in reducing sediment delivery to streams after forest clearcutting

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 143-153

  Schuller, Paulina ^a   Walling, Desmond E ^b   Iroumé, Andrés ^a   Castillo, Alejandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

7Be; Forest clearcutting; Sediment delivery; Soil erosion; Woody trash barriers

Indexed keywords

7BE; FOREST CLEARCUTTING; SEDIMENT DELIVERY; SOIL EROSION; WOODY TRASH BARRIERS;

BERYLLIUM; CATCHMENTS; EROSION; FORESTRY; RAIN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CLEARCUTTING; COMPACTION; EROSION CONTROL; HARVESTING; RAINFALL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; STREAMWATER; WOOD;

BERYLLIUM; EROSION; FORESTS; RAIN; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SOIL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHILE;

EID: 77956190539     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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