Soil Conservation Through Sediment Trapping: A Review

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 544-556

  Mekonnen, Mulatie ^a,b   Keesstra, Saskia D ^a   Stroosnijder, Leo ^a   Baartman, Jantiene E M ^a   Maroulis, Jerry ^a,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Bureau of Agriculture   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Integrated sediment trapping; On site and off site measures; Sediment trapping efficacy; Structural; Vegetative

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION;

CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT; OFF SITES; SEDIMENT LADEN FLOWS; SEDIMENT TRAPPING; SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES; STRUCTURAL; STRUCTURAL MEASURES; VEGETATIVE;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

EROSION CONTROL; LANDSCAPE; SEDIMENT TRAP; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION TYPE;

EID: 84935176680     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2308     Document Type: Article

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