A new indirect method to estimate suspended sediment concentration in a river monitoring programme

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 513-520

  Pavanelli, D ^a   Bigi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; GEOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RIVERS; ROCKS; TURBIDITY; ULTRASONIC FLOWMETERS;

CLAY MARLS; SANDROCK; SILLARO BASIN; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION (SSC);

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 27744559492     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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