Recent trends in the suspended sediment loads of the world's rivers

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 111-126

  Walling, D E ^a   Fang, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global change; Land ocean transfer; Longer term records; Sediment load; Sediment yield; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EID: 0141525463     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(03)00020-1     Document Type: Article

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