Experimental investigations of the weathering of suspended sediment by alpine glacial meltwater

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 579-597

  Brown, Giles H ^a   Tranter, M ^b   Sharp, M J ^c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glacial meltwaters; Laboratory experiments; Solute acquisition; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

GLACIAL MELTWATERS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; SOLUTE ACQUISITION; WATER TO ROCK RATIO;

GLACIERS;

GLACIAL MELTWATER; LABORATORY EXPERIMENT; ROCK FLOUR; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WEATHERING;

SWITZERLAND, VALAIS, HAUT GLACIER D'AROLLA;

EID: 0030115379     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199604)10:4<579::AID-HYP393>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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