Partitioning fine sediment loads in a headwater system with intensive agriculture

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 966-981

  Wilson, Christopher G ^a   Papanicolaou, A N Thanos ^a   Denn, Kevin D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b West Consultants INC   (United States)

Author keywords

210Pbxs; 7Be; Bank erosion; Radionuclides; Sediment sources; Upland soil erosion

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLASH FLOOD; FLUSHING; HEADWATER; HYSTERESIS; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LEAD ISOTOPE; MOBILIZATION; RADIONUCLIDE; RIVER BANK; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL SURFACE; SUSPENDED LOAD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861227537     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-012-0504-2     Document Type: Article

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