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Effects of Land Use Change on Channel Morphology in Northeastern Puerto Rico
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Effects of Land Use Change on Channel Morphology in Northeastern Puerto Rico |
| Creator | Clark, J. J. Wilcock, Peter |
| Description | Between 1830 and 1950 much of northeastern Puerto Rico was cleared for agriculture. Runoff increased by 50% and sediment supply to the river channels increased by more than an order of magnitude. Much of the land clearance extended to steep valley slopes, resulting in widespread gullying and landslides and a large load of coarse sediments delivered to the stream channels. A shift from agriculture to industrial and residential land uses over the past 50 yr has maintained the elevated runoff... |
| Date | 2000-01-01T08:00:00Z |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Identifier | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wats_facpub/646 info:doi/10.1130/0016-7606(2000)112<1763:EOLUCO>2.0.CO;2 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/context/wats_facpub/article/1679/viewcontent/Effects_of_Land_Use_Change_on_Channel_Morphology_in_Northeaster_Puerto_Rico.pdf |
| Rights | Copyright for this work is held by the author. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more information contact the Institutional Repository Librarian at digitalcommons@usu.edu. |
| Source | Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications |
| Publisher | Hosted by Utah State University Libraries |
| Contributor | Geol. Society of America |
| Subject | land use change change channel morphology Northeastern Puerto Rico |
