Tracing crop-specific sediment sources in agricultural catchments

Geomorphology

Volumn 139-140, Issue , 2012, Pages 322-329

  Blake, William H ^a   Ficken, Katherine J ^b   Taylor, Philip ^a   Russell, Mark A ^c   Walling, Desmond E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Compound Specific Stable Isotope (CSSI); Erosion; Grassland; Sediment source

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; COVER CROP; EROSION; FATTY ACID; GRASSLAND; LAND COVER; LAND USE; PASTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL MANAGEMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84856015956     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.10.036     Document Type: Article

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