River flow and associated transport of sediments and solutes through a highly urbanised catchment, Bradford, West Yorkshire

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 360, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 98-108

  Old, Gareth H ^a   Leeks, Graham J L ^a   Packman, John C ^a   Smith, Barnaby P G ^a   Lewis, Scott ^a   Hewitt, Edward J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bradford; Continuous monitoring; River Aire; Solutes; Suspended sediment; Urban hydrology; URGENT

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; HYDROLOGY; RAIN; SEDIMENTS; URBAN PLANNING; WATER QUALITY;

CONTINUOUS MONITORING; SOLUTES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; URBAN HYDROLOGY;

ECOLOGY;

RAIN; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER FLOW; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SILTATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; CONDUCTANCE; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOLUTE; TURBIDITY; UNITED KINGDOM; URBANIZATION; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHOTOMETRY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

AIRE RIVER; BRADFORD [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREAT BRITAIN; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33746465917     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.08.028     Document Type: Article

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