An inexpensive turbidimeter for monitoring suspended sediment

Geomorphology

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 3-15

  Orwin, John F ^a,b   Smart, C Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Proglacial streams; Small River Glacier; Suspended sediment; Turbidimeter

Indexed keywords

INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TURBIDITY;

EID: 18144427188     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.04.007     Document Type: Article

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