Apportionment of suspended sediment sources in an agricultural watershed using sediment fingerprinting

Geoderma

Volumn 239, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-33

  Lamba, Jasmeet ^a   Karthikeyan, K G ^a   Thompson, A M ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Phosphorus; RUSLE 2; Sediment fingerprinting; Sediment sources; Soil erosion; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; RUSLE 2; SEDIMENT FINGERPRINTING; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SOIL EROSION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT SOURCES;

PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; EROSION RATE; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER BANK; SOIL EROSION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; WATERSHED;

PLEASANT VALLEY WATERSHED; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84908010551     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.09.024     Document Type: Article

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