Identifying Sediment Sources and Sinks in the Root River, Southeastern Minnesota

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 20-39

  Stout, Justin C ^a,b   Belmont, Patrick ^b   Schottler, Shawn P ^c   Willenbring, Jane K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c St Croix Watershed Research Station   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

floodplain; radiogenic nuclides; sediment fingerprinting; terraces

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; CHANNEL FLOW; FLOODPLAIN; RADIONUCLIDE; RIVER WATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRACER; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

MINNESOTA; ROOT RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890564274     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2013.843434     Document Type: Article

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