Determining soil erosion from roads in the coastal plain of Alabama

International Erosion Control Association - 39th Annual Conference and Expo of the International Erosion Control Association 2008 - Environmental Connection 2008: Drive Your Future

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 267-278

  Grace, J McFero ^a   Elliot, W J ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest; Modeling; Roads; Sediment deposition; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

ALABAMA; AREA MEASUREMENT; COASTAL PLAIN; DEPOSITION ZONE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FLOW PATH; FOREST; FOREST FLOORS; FOREST ROADS; MODEL EFFICIENCY; NATIONAL FORESTS; REMOTE LOCATION; RESEARCH EFFORTS; ROAD SECTION; ROAD SEGMENTS; ROADS; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL LOSS; STORMWATERS; WATER EROSION PREDICTION PROJECTS;

EROSION; EXHIBITIONS; FORESTRY; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; MODELS; ROADS AND STREETS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84866945236     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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