Response of a river sediment budget after historical gravel mining (the Lower Tordera, NE Spain)

River Research and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 829-847

  Rovira, Albert ^a   Batalla, R J ^a   Sala, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Channel morphology; Gravel mining; Mediterranean river; Sediment budget; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; MINING; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 25844512564     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.885     Document Type: Article

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