Suspended sediment dynamics associated with snowmelt runoff in a small mountain stream of Lake Tahoe (Nevada)

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 3569-3580

  Langlois, Jacques L ^a,b   Johnson, Dale W ^c   Mehuys, Guy R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hysteresis; Lake Tahoe; Snowmelt; SSC discharge lag analysis; Suspended sediment; Turbidity meter

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENTS; CORRELATION METHODS; HYSTERESIS; INTEGRATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEDIMENTS; SNOW; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBIDITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS;

DISCHARGE LAG ANALYSIS; LAKE TAHOE; SNOWMELT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS (SSCS); TURBIDITY METER;

LAKES;

HYSTERESIS; MOUNTAIN STREAM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SNOWMELT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY;

LAKE TAHOE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28844435805     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5844     Document Type: Article

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