Discriminating fine sediment sources and the application of sediment tracers in burned catchments: A review

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 943-958

  Smith, Hugh G ^a   Blake, William H ^a   Owens, Philip N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fallout radionuclides; Forest environments; River basins; Sediment sources; Sediment tracers; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

FALLOUT RADIONUCLIDES; FOREST ENVIRONMENTS; RIVER BASINS; SEDIMENT SOURCES; WILDFIRE;

CATCHMENTS; FIRES; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; RADIOISOTOPES; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; SURFACES; WATER QUALITY;

SEDIMENTS;

CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; HILLSLOPE; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; RADIONUCLIDE; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WATER QUALITY; WILDFIRE;

EID: 84874680459     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9537     Document Type: Article

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