Using 137Cs and 210Pbex measurements to investigate the sediment budget of a small forested catchment in southern Italy

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 795-806

  Porto, Paolo ^a,b   Walling, Desmond E ^a   Callegari, Giovanni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pbex; Sediment budget; Sediment delivery; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

210PBEX; CAESIUM-137; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION; FALLOUT RADIONUCLIDES; FINE SEDIMENTS; FORESTED CATCHMENTS; LEAD 210; MONITORING TECHNIQUES; RIVER SYSTEMS; SEDIMENT BUDGETS; SEDIMENT DELIVERY; SEDIMENT LOADS; SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENT REDISTRIBUTION; SOIL AND SEDIMENT; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL RESOURCES; SOUTHERN ITALY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT LOADS; TRANSPORT PATHWAYS;

BUDGET CONTROL; CATCHMENTS; CESIUM; EROSION; FORESTRY; LEAD; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS;

SEDIMENTS;

CATCHMENT; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84874714060     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9471     Document Type: Article

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