Legacy sediment: Definitions and processes of episodically produced anthropogenic sediment

Anthropocene

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 16-26

  James, L Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomorphology; Human environmental impacts; Legacy sediment; Post settlement alluvium; Rivers

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAND USE; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT;

EID: 84890085317     PISSN: 22133054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ancene.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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