Sediment fingerprinting for calibrating a soil erosion and sediment-yield model in mixed land-use watersheds

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Fox, James F ^a   Martin, Darren K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope; Erosion sources; Nitrogen isotope; Sediment transport; Sediment yield; Source apportionment; Unmixing model; Watershed

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; EROSION; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; MINING; RECLAMATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SOILS; STORMS; TRACERS; WATERSHEDS;

CARBON ISOTOPES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; UNMIXING;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; MODELING; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION; WATERSHED;

CARBON; EROSION; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; SEDIMENTS; WATER SHEDS;

APPALACHIANS; KENTUCKY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929761131     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: 19435584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001011     Document Type: Article

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