Estimating suspended sediment and trace element fluxes in large river basins: Methodological considerations as applied to the NASQAN programme

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1107-1132

  Horowitz, Arthur J ^a   Elrick, Kent A ^a   Smith, James J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flux estimation; Sediment chemistry; Suspended sediment; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; ERRORS; PHOSPHORUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

TEMPORAL SPAN;

CATCHMENTS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; RIVER BASIN; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035333893     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.206     Document Type: Article

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