Patterns of suspended sediment transport in two forested Mediterranean mountainous basins (Ribera Salada, Catalan Pre-Pyrenees, NE Spain)

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 299, 2005, Pages 131-138

  Balasch, J Carles ^a   Batalla, Ramon J ^a,b   Poch, Rosa M ^a,b   Vericat, Damia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b Laboratory of Plant Ecology and Forest Botany   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forested mountainous basin; Hysteresis; Mediterranean rivers; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

FORESTED MOUNTAINOUS BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN RIVERS; SEASONAL PATTERNS;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

FORESTED CATCHMENT; HYSTERESIS; MOUNTAIN STREAM; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES; WORLD;

EID: 27544456565     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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