Muddy waters: Temporal variation in sediment discharging from a karst spring

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 214, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 165-178

  Mahler, Barbara J ^a   Lynch, F Leo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Karst; Pollution hydrology; Sediment transport; Size distribution; Spring; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINERALOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RAIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

POLLUTION HYDROLOGY; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

HYDROLOGY;

DISCHARGE; KARST; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EID: 0032981733     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(98)00287-X     Document Type: Article

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