Geoindicators for river and river-valley monitoring in the humid tropics

Environmental Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 725-735

  Osterkamp, W R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geoindicators; Humid tropics; Monitoring; River valley

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; RIVERS; SOIL MECHANICS; TROPICS;

GEOINDICATORS; RIVER-VALLEY MONITORING;

GEOLOGY;

DISCHARGE; DRAINAGE BASIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; HUMID TROPICS; MONITORING; RIVER; VALLEY;

EID: 0036820356     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-002-0550-y     Document Type: Article

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