Deposition of sediments during a flood event on seasonally flooded forests of the lower Orinoco River and two of its black-water tributaries, Venezuela

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 241-257

  Dezzeo, N ^a   Herrera, R ^a   Escalante, G ^a   Chacon N ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Floodplains; Mineral composition; Nutrient input; Sediment deposition; South America; Tropical flooded forest; Tropical rivers

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLOOD; NUTRIENT; SEDIMENTATION;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0034058874     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006375101368     Document Type: Article

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