Use of rare earth oxides as tracers to identify sediment source areas for agricultural hillslopes

Solid Earth

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-118

  Deasy, C ^a   Quinton, J N ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SITE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARABLE SOILS; CLAY SOIL; DIFFUSE POLLUTION; EROSION RATES; HILLSLOPES; IN-FIELD; NON-INTRUSIVE METHOD; RAINFALL EVENT; RARE EARTH OXIDE; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SEDIMENT LOSS; SEDIMENT SOURCE AREAS; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PROCESS; WHEEL TRACK;

AGRICULTURE; CLAY; EROSION; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WHEELS; SOILS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CLAY SOIL; EROSION RATE; HILLSLOPE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRACER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79958858601     PISSN: 18699510     EISSN: 18699529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/se-1-111-2010     Document Type: Article

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