The effects of soil conservation on sediment yield and sediment source dynamics in a catchment in southern Brazil

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 337, Issue , 2010, Pages 59-67

  Merten, Gustavo H ^a   Minella, Jean P G ^b   Moro, Michele ^a   Maier, Clamarion ^a   Cassol, Elemar A ^a   Walling, Desmond E ^c   Clarke, Robin T ^a   Reichert, José Miguel ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment monitoring; Sediment source tracing; Sediment yield; Soil conservation; Tobacco cultivation

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; EROSION RATES; LAND MANAGEMENTS; RURAL CATCHMENTS; SEDIMENT SOURCE TRACING; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOURCE TRACING; SOUTHERN BRAZIL; UNPAVED ROADS; WATER DISCHARGES;

AGRONOMY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DYNAMICS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; TOBACCO;

CATCHMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CATCHMENT; CULTIVATION; DISCHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAND MANAGEMENT; RAINFALL; RURAL AREA; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION;

BRAZIL;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 79952679437     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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