Sediment Source Assessment in a Lowland Watershed Using Nitrogen Stable Isotopes

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1192-1204

  Fox, James F ^a   Davis, Charles M ^b   Martin, Darren K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b WEST Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion; Isotopes; Nitrogen; Sediment transport; Streambed storage; Watershed

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CONTROLS; CARBON AND NITROGEN; FINE SEDIMENTS; HYDROLOGIC EVENTS; ISOTOPIC MASS BALANCE; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LOWLAND WATERSHEDS; MODEL RESULTS; NITROGEN ISOTOPIC; NITROGEN MODELS; NITROGEN STABLE ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT LOADS; SEDIMENT PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT SOURCES; STREAMBED SEDIMENTS; STREAMBEDS; TEMPORARY STORAGE; TIME-PERIODS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; EROSION; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; WATERSHEDS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; MASS BALANCE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAM BED; WATER EROSION; WATERSHED;

EID: 78649729084     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2010.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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