The potential impact of neo-Castorization on sediment transport by the global network of rivers

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 245, Issue , 1997, Pages 261-273

  Vörösmarty, Charles J ^a   Meybeck, Michel ^b   Fekete, Balázs ^a   Sharma, Keshav ^a  

^a University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESCALATORS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; RIVERS;

POTENTIAL SEDIMENT TRAPPING; RESIDENCE TIME CHANGE; WATER RESERVOIR CONSTRUCTION;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 0030652763     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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