Methods for estimating loads transported by rivers

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 295-303

  Smart, Trevor S ^a,b   Hirst, David J ^a,c   Elston, David A ^a  

^a BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN COMPUTING CENTER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; RIVER WATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 0032858389     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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