A sediment budget for a small semiarid watershed in southeastern Arizona, USA

Geomorphology

Volumn 180-181, Issue , 2013, Pages 137-145

  Nichols, M H ^a   Nearing, M A ^a   Polyakov, V O ^a   Stone, J J ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion; Rangeland; Sediment budget; Sediment redistribution; Sediment yield

Indexed keywords

EARTH DAM; RAINFALL; RANGELAND; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATERSHED;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

JUGLANS;

EID: 84870250201     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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