Using radiometric tools to track sediment and phosphorus movement in an agricultural watershed

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 450-451, Issue , 2012, Pages 219-229

  Huisman, Natalie L H ^a   Karthikeyan, K G ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural headwater watershed; Atmospheric fallout radionuclides; Particulate and dissolved phosphorus; Sediment sourcing; Stream sediment transport

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; ALGAL BLOOMS; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; ATMOSPHERIC FALLOUT; BASEFLOWS; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; CONSERVATION PRACTICES; DISSOLVED PHOSPHORUS; FISH KILLS; FRESHWATER SYSTEMS; HEAD WATERS; NONPOINT SOURCES; POINT SOURCES; STORM EVENTS; STORM FLOW; STREAM BANKS; STREAM CHANNELS; STREAMBED SEDIMENTS; STREAMBEDS; TIME-PERIODS; TRANSPORT DYNAMICS; TRANSPORT PARAMETERS; TWO-STREAM; UPLAND SOIL; WISCONSIN;

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BIODIVERSITY; CESIUM; CONSERVATION; DISSOLUTION; EUTROPHICATION; LANDFORMS; LEAD; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STORMS; WATERSHEDS;

SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALGAL BLOOM; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; EUTROPHICATION; FALLOUT; HEADWATER; LEAD ISOTOPE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POINT SOURCE; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; RADIONUCLIDE; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAM BED; STREAM CHANNEL; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TRACKING; UPLAND REGION; WATERSHED;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

ALGAE;

EID: 84862698248     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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