Comparison of subsurface and surface runoff phosphorus transport rates in alluvial floodplains

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 141, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 417-425

  Mittelstet, Aaron R ^a   Heeren, Derek M ^a   Fox, Garey A ^a   Storm, Daniel E ^a   White, Michael J ^b   Miller, Ronald B ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial floodplains; Hydrologic modeling; Phosphorus management; Preferential flow; Subsurface transport

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AQUIFER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DARCY LAW; DATA SET; ECOREGION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASTURE; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; STREAM;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958056025     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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