Use of 137Cs and 210Pbex measurements on deposits in a karst depression to study the erosional response of a small karst catchment in Southwest China to land-use change

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 822-829

  Bai, Xiaoyong ^a,b   Zhang, Xinbao ^a,b   Long, Yi ^b   Liu, Xiuming ^a   Siyu, Zhang ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pbex; Deforestation; Erosion; Karst depression; Land use change; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

210PBEX; DEPTH DISTRIBUTION; DRAINAGE AREA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EROSION RATES; HILLSLOPES; KARST DEPRESSION; KARST SLOPES; LAND OWNERSHIP; LAND-USE CHANGE; RECENT SEDIMENTATION; RUNOFF AND SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SEDIMENT DEPOSITS; SEDIMENT DYNAMIC; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SMALL CATCHMENT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL EROSION RATE; SOUTHWEST CHINA; VEGETATION REHABILITATION;

CATCHMENTS; CESIUM; DEFORESTATION; DEPOSITS; EROSION; LEAD; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

LANDFORMS;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; DEFORESTATION; DEPOSITION; HILLSLOPE; KARST; LAND USE CHANGE; LEAD ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL EROSION;

EID: 84874728022     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9530     Document Type: Article

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