Variation of suspended sediment yields around New Zealand: The relative importance of rainfall and geology

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 236, Issue , 1996, Pages 149-156

  Hicks, D Murray ^a   Hill, Jane ^a   Shankar, Ude ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOLOGY; LAND USE; LITHOLOGY; RAIN; RIVERS; ROCKS; TECTONICS;

QUATERNARY HISTORY; REGIONAL YIELD PATTERN; TOPOGRAPHY;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 0343774343     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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