Erosion and suspended sediment transfer in river catchments: Environmental controls, processes and problems

Geography

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 353-376

  Woodward, Jamie ^a   Foster, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Health and Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIVER CATCHMENT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0031429663     PISSN: 00167487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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