Modeling sediment delivery in arid upland basins

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 517-524

  Sharma, K D ^a   Murthy, J S R ^b   Dhir, R P ^a  

^a CENTRAL ARID ZONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Arid upland basins; Erosion; Model; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; ARID UPLAND BASIN; HYDROGRAPH; SEDIMENT DELIVERY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; YALIN EQUATION;

EID: 0029730304     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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