Sediment transport in a large impounded river: The lower Ebro, NE Iberian Peninsula

Geomorphology

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 72-92

  Vericat, Damia ^a   Batalla, Ramon J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b Forestry Institute of Catalonia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dams; Mediterranean river; Riverbed incision; Sediment load

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; DAM; FLOOD; RIVER SYSTEM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED LOAD;

EBRO RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33746983547     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.09.017     Document Type: Article

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