Rates of contemporary overbank sedimentation and sediment storage on the floodplains of the main channel systems of the Yorkshire Ouse and River Tweed, UK

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 993-1009

  Walling, Desmond E ^a   Owens, Philip N ^a   Leeks, Graham J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caesium 137; Conveyance losses; Floodplain sedimentation; Overbank deposits; Sediment budget; Sediment loads; Sediment storage; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

OVERBANK SEDIMENTATION;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CESIUM 137; FLOODPLAIN; OVERBANK SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032782114     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199905)13:7<993::AID-HYP786>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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