Evaluation of compost/mulch as highway embankment erosion control in Louisiana at the plot-scale

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 468-469, Issue , 2012, Pages 257-267

  Bakr, Noura ^a   Weindorf, David C ^a   Zhu, Yuanda ^a   Arceneaux, Allen E ^a   Selim, H M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Compost mulch cover; Soil erosion; Surface runoff; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; COMPOST/MULCH COVER; CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EROSION CONTROL; HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; HIGHWAY EMBANKMENTS; HIGHWAY RIGHT-OF-WAYS; LOUISIANA; NO-TILL; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTANTS; RUNOFF WATER; SEDIMENT LOSS; SLOPE INCLINATION; SOIL EROSION; STORMWATERS; SURFACE RUNOFFS; TILLAGE PRACTICES; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EROSION; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; RUNOFF; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; COMPOST; EMBANKMENT; EROSION CONTROL; MOTORWAY; MULCH; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; RUNOFF; SHEET EROSION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SURFACE TENSION; SUSPENDED LOAD; TILLAGE; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867098331     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.08.040     Document Type: Article

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