Upland contribution of sediment and runoff during extreme drought: A study of the 1947-1956 drought in the Blackland Prairie, Texas

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 407, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Allen, P M ^a   Harmel, R D ^b   Dunbar, J A ^a   Arnold, J G ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Midcontinent USA; Runoff; Sediment yield

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; ANNUAL RAINFALL; COMBINED EFFECT; DROUGHT PERIODS; LONG TERM MONITORING; LONG TERM PLANNING; MIDCONTINENT USA; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RESERVOIR STORAGE CAPACITY; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SOIL ERODIBILITY; SOIL LOSS; VEGETATIVE COVER; WATER DEMAND; WATER SUPPLY PLANNING;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; LANDFORMS; RAIN; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

DROUGHT;

DATA SET; DROUGHT; ERODIBILITY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MONITORING SYSTEM; PLANNING HISTORY; POPULATION GROWTH; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL EROSION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; UPLAND REGION; VULNERABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER PLANNING; WATER STORAGE; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

BLACKLAND PRAIRIE; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052023117     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.04.039     Document Type: Article

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