Impacts of Land-Cover Change on Suspended Sediment Transport in Two Agricultural Watersheds

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 672-686

  Schilling, Keith E ^a   Isenhart, Thomas M ^b   Palmer, Jason A ^c   Wolter, Calvin F ^d   Spooner, Jean ^e  

^a Iowa Geological Survey   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Iowa Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^d Iowa Geological Survey   (United States)

^e North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Lag time; Land use land cover change; Nonpoint source pollution; Sediment; Streambank erosion; Watershed restoration

Indexed keywords

LAG-TIME; LAND USE/LAND COVER CHANGE; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; STREAMBANK EROSION; WATERSHED RESTORATION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BANK PROTECTION; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CROPS; EROSION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; STREAM FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRAIRIE; RILL; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

IOWA; UNITED STATES; WALNUT CREEK;

JUGLANS;

EID: 79960702493     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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