Sediment transport to the Laptev Sea - Hydrology and geochemistry of the Lena River

Polar Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-196

  Rachold, V ^a   Alabyan, A ^b   Hubberten, H W ^a   Korotaev, V N ^b   Zaitsev, A A ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

DISCHARGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

LAPTEV SEA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION, LENA BASIN;

EID: 0030411791     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.1996.tb00468.x     Document Type: Article

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