Measured and predicted sediment yield from a subtropical, heavy rainfall, steep-sided river basin: Hanalei, Kauai, Hawaiian Islands

Geomorphology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 213-226

  Calhoun, R Scott ^a   Fletcher III, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal sediment deposition; Hawaii; Sediment erosion; Sediment yield; Suspended sediment; Universal soil loss equation

Indexed keywords

EROSION; RADIOCARBON DATING; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT YIELD; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033367335     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(99)00030-6     Document Type: Article

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