Evaluating sediment yield at King Talal Reservoir from landslides along Irbid-Amman Highway

Engineering Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 361-372

  Al Sheriadeh, Mohanned S ^a   Husein Malkawi, Abdallah I ^a   Al Hamdan, Ashraf ^a   Abderahman, Nabil S ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Jordan; King Talal Reservoir; Landslides; Reservoir silting; Sediment yield

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; LANDSLIDES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATERSHEDS;

RESERVOIR SILTING; SEDIMENT YIELD;

SEDIMENTS;

LANDSLIDE; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT YIELD; SILTATION;

JORDAN;

EID: 0343183992     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(99)00119-2     Document Type: Article

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