Establishing a sediment budget for a small agricultural catchment in southern Brazil, to support the development of effective sediment management strategies

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 519, Issue PB, 2014, Pages 2189-2201

  Minella, Jean P G ^a   Walling, Desmond E ^b   Merten, Gustavo H ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Caesium 137; Sediment budget; Sediment management; Sediment yield; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; CAESIUM-137; SEDIMENT BUDGETS; SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SOIL EROSION;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; GEOACCUMULATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SOIL EROSION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TOBACCO;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84908312418     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.10.013     Document Type: Article

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