Anthropogenically accelerated sediment accumulation within playa wetlands as a result of land cover change on the High Plains of the central United States

Geomorphology

Volumn 294, Issue , 2017, Pages 135-145

  Bowen, Mark W ^a   Johnson, William C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated sedimentation; GIS; Grass buffers; Kansas High Plains

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCUMULATION; BUFFER ZONE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GIS; LAND COVER; PLAYA; SEDIMENTATION; WETLAND;

GREAT PLAINS; KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85013766661     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.02.017     Document Type: Article

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