Fingerprinting the origin of fluvial suspended sediment in larger river basins: Combining assessment of spatial provenance and source type

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 239-254

  Collins, Adrian L ^a   Walling, Desmond E ^a   Leeks, Graham J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT FINGERPRINTING; SPATIAL PROVENANCE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

UK, ENGLAND, EXE RIVER; UK, ENGLAND, SEVERN RIVER;

EID: 0031395786     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.1997.00020.x     Document Type: Article

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