Intra-event and inter-seasonal behaviour of suspended sediment in flash floods of the semi-arid northern Negev, Israel

Geomorphology

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 85-97

  Alexandrov, Yulia ^a   Laronne, Jonathan B ^a   Reid, Ian ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arid zone; Dryland; Flash flood; Hysteresis; Runoff; Semi desert; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; FLASH FLOOD; HYSTERESIS; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SEMIARID REGION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 33847026383     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.03.013     Document Type: Article

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