Suspended sediment transport in a semiarid watershed, Wadi Abd, Algeria (1973-1995)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 343, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 187-202

  Achite, Mohamed ^a   Ouillon, Sylvain ^b  

^a HASSIBA BENBOUALI UNIVERSITY OF CHLEF   (Algeria)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Algeria; Intermittent river; Rating curve; Sediment transport; Suspended sediment concentration; Wadi; Water erosion

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); MEASUREMENT THEORY; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

HYDROLOGICAL YEARS; RATING CURVE; SEDIMENT FLUX; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; WATER EROSION;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); MEASUREMENT THEORY; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEMIARID REGION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATERSHED;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 34548179035     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.06.026     Document Type: Article

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