The particle size characteristics of fluvial suspended sediment in the Humber and Tweed catchments, UK

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 251-252, Issue , 2000, Pages 205-222

  Walling, Desmond E ^a   Owens, Philip N ^a   Waterfall, Ben D ^a   Leeks, Graham J L ^b   Wass, Paul D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Humber; Particle size; River Ouse; River Tweed; Sediment delivery; Sediment yield; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE SIZE; RIVER WATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034607934     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00384-3     Document Type: Article

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