Water-sediment fluxes of Greek rivers, southeastern Alpine Europe: Annual yields, seasonal variability, delta formation and human impact

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-261

  Poulos, Serafim E ^a,b   Collins, Michael ^a,b   Evans, Graham ^a,b  

^a Waterfront Campus ^*

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; DENUDATION; LITHOLOGY; RIVER; SEDIMENT YIELD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; VEGETATION;

GREECE;

EID: 0029752733     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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