Measurement of flood peak effects as a result of soil and land management, with focus on experimental issues and scale

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 304-312

  Deasy, Clare ^a   Titman, Andrew ^a   Quinton, John N ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arable agriculture; Flood peak; Hillslope experiment; Mitigation option; Runoff; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FARMS; FLOOD CONTROL; LAND USE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF;

ARABLE AGRICULTURE; DOWN-STREAM; FLOOD PEAK; FLOODINGS; HILLSLOPE EXPERIMENT; HILLSLOPES; IN-FIELD; LAND-USE MANAGEMENT; MITIGATION OPTIONS; TREATMENT;

FLOODS;

RAIN; RUNOFF;

ARABLE LAND; CATCHMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOODING; HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGY; LAND MANAGEMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONITORING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION CONTROL; RUNOFF; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL TYPE;

ARABLE LAND; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOODING; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

EUROPE;

ARABLE AGRICULTURE; CC; CONTOUR CULTIVATION; DURATION OF RUNOFF EVENT (HOURS); FLOOD PEAK; HILLSLOPE EXPERIMENT; LAG TIME BETWEEN PEAK RUNOFF RESPONSE AND ONSET OF EVENT RAINFALL; MINIMUM TILLAGE; MITIGATION OPTION; MT; NO TRAMLINE; NTL; PEAK RUNOFF RECORDED DURING A RAINFALL EVENT (L 5 MIN(-1)); PL; PLOUGH; Q; QDURATION; QLAG; QPEAK; QTOTAL; RUNOFF; TL; TOTAL RUNOFF RECORDED DURING A RAINFALL EVENT (L); TRAMLINE (TRACTOR WHEEL TRACK); TREATMENT; UD; UP-AND-DOWNSLOPE CULTIVATION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; FLOODS; GEOGRAPHY; RIVERS;

EID: 84890143445     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.11.027     Document Type: Article

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