Sediment yield and runoff frequency of small drainage basins in the Mojave Desert, U.S.A

Geomorphology

Volumn 74, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 232-244

  Griffiths, Peter G ^a   Hereford, Richard ^a   Webb, Robert H ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesium 137; Desert geomorphology; Runoff frequency; Sediment yield

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE BASIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32644442563     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.07.017     Document Type: Article

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