Influence of run of river dams on floodplain sediments and carbon dynamics

Geoderma

Volumn 272, Issue , 2016, Pages 51-63

  Pearson, Adam J ^a,c   Pizzuto, James E ^a   Vargas, Rodrigo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dams; Floodplain; Geomorphology; Greenhouse gases; Methane; Sediment respiration; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CARBON DIOXIDE; DAMS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOODS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CARBON DYNAMICS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENTATION; FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENTS; LATERAL TRANSPORT; STREAM ECOSYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

RIVERS;

ATMOSPHERIC SINK; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DAM; DAM REMOVAL; FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; RESERVOIR IMPOUNDMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 84960126132     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.02.029     Document Type: Article

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