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Ramos-Scharron, Carlos E.

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Measuring and predicting erosion and sediment yields on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Measuring and predicting erosion and sediment yields on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands./
Author:	Ramos-Scharron, Carlos E.
Description:	317 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-05, Section: B, page: 2311.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International65-05B.
Subject:	Hydrology. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3131697
ISBN:	0496789383

Measuring and predicting erosion and sediment yields on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Ramos-Scharron, Carlos E.

Measuring and predicting erosion and sediment yields on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. - 317 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-05, Section: B, page: 2311.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Colorado State University, 2004.

Increased sediment delivery rates are believed to be causing adverse effects on the nearshore coral reef communities of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. The objectives of this study were to: (1) measure runoff and sediment yields from undisturbed

ISBN: 0496789383Subjects--Topical Terms:

545716
Hydrology.

Measuring and predicting erosion and sediment yields on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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520 $a Runoff on undisturbed hillslopes only occurred when storm precipitation exceeded 2--3 cm, while only 0.3 cm was needed to generate runoff from unpaved roads. Runoff coefficients for the undisturbed hillslopes averaged 3% and had a maximum of 8%,
520 $a Streambanks produced sediment at a rate of 10 kg m-2 yr-1, and treethrow produced 0.17 tons per kilometer of stream per year. Annual sediment production rates from undisturbed hillslope plots ranged from 1--27 g m-2, while mean rates from undist
520 $a STJ-EROS is a GIS-based system that uses empirical sediment production functions and delivery ratios to estimate watershed-scale sediment yields. STJ-EROS indicated that unpaved roads are increasing sediment yields by 5--40 times above undisturb
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