Suspended sediment dynamics in a steep, glacier-fed mountain stream, Place Creek, Canada

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1733-1753

  Richards, G ^a   Moore, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Glacier; Hysteresis; Multiple regression; Rating curve; Stream flow; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; STREAM FLOW;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION (SSC);

GLACIERS;

ABLATION; DISCHARGE; GLACIER; HYSTERESIS; MOUNTAIN STREAM; RATING CURVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 0042315204     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1208     Document Type: Article

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