Suspended sediment transport during tropical-cyclone floods in Fiji

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1149-1164

  Kostaschuk, Ray ^a   Terry, James ^b   Raj, Rishi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^c Fiji Public Works Department   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Fiji; Suspended sediment; Tropical cyclone floods

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FLOODS; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS;

SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

HYDROLOGY;

FLOOD; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

FIJI;

EID: 0037628997     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1186     Document Type: Article

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