Sediment source analysis in the Linganore Creek watershed, Maryland, USA, using the sediment fingerprinting approach: 2008 to 2010

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1735-1753

  Gellis, Allen C ^a   Noe, Gregory B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank erosion; Chesapeake Bay; Sediment budget; Sediment fingerprinting

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; POLLUTANT; SAMPLER; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT BUDGET; STORM; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRIBUTARY; WATERSHED; WINTER;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887309662     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-013-0771-6     Document Type: Article

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