A rapid method of estimating soil erosion using trapped sediment: a case study from a forest road on the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1996

Abstract

Describes a simple field method for rapidly estimating the lower limit of soil erosion where sediment is deposited below the erosion site. The method is essentially an opportunistic extension of more sophisticated sediment yield and reservoir entrapment methods.

Publication Title

Mountain Research and Development

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