The assessment of suspended sediment inputs to Volta Lake

Lakes and Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 179-186

  Akrasi, Sampson Asante ^a  

^a CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Reservoir sedimentation; Sediment loads; Suspended sediment transport; Suspended sediment yield; Volta basin; Volta lake

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; LAKE; MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

AFRICA; GHANA; LAKE VOLTA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VOLTA BASIN; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33745278556     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: 14401770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1770.2005.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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