Using 137Cs measurements to establish catchment sediment budgets and explore scale effects

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 886-900

  Porto, Paolo ^a,b   Walling, Desmond E ^a   Callegari, Giovanni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

137Cs; Scale effect; Sediment budget; Sediment delivery

Indexed keywords

137CS; AQUATIC HABITATS; CAESIUM-137; CATCHMENT AREA; CATCHMENT SEDIMENT BUDGET; CONTAMINANT TRANSFER; DIFFERENT SIZES; DISTRIBUTED EVIDENCES; EFFECTS OF SCALE; ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE; EROSION PREDICTIONS; EROSION RATES; FALLOUT RADIONUCLIDES; INTERNAL FUNCTIONING; KEY COMPONENT; KEY FEATURE; LONG-TERM MEASUREMENTS; SCALE EFFECT; SCALE EFFECTS; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT BUDGETS; SEDIMENT DELIVERY; SEDIMENT DELIVERY RATIO; SEDIMENT DYNAMIC; SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENT MOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SOIL LOSS; SOUTHERN ITALY; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BUDGET CONTROL; CESIUM; EROSION; ESTIMATION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; CESIUM; EROSION; MOBILIZATION; PREDICTION; SCALE EFFECT; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; TRACER; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

CALABRIA; ITALY;

EID: 79952064471     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7874     Document Type: Article

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