Peatland restoration: Controls on sediment production and reductions in carbon and pollutant export

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 459-472

  Shuttleworth, E L ^a   Evans, M G ^a   Hutchinson, S M ^b   Rothwell, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lead; Organic sediment; POC; Re vegetation; Sediment fingerprinting; Sediment source tracing; Upland erosion

Indexed keywords

CARBON; EROSION; HEAVY METALS; LANDFORMS; LEAD; ORGANIC CARBON; PEAT; POLLUTION; RESTORATION; SEDIMENTS; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTANTS; CONTAMINATED SURFACES; ORGANIC SEDIMENTS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; POC; RESTORATION PRACTICES; SEDIMENT FINGERPRINTING; SEDIMENT SOURCES;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

EROSION; LEAD; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PEATLAND; REVEGETATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIMESCALE; UPLAND REGION;

ENGLAND; PEAK DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84925370844     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3645     Document Type: Article

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