Suspended-sediment rating curve response to urbanization and wildfire, Santa Ana River, California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Warrick, Jonathan A ^a   Rubin, David M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; RATING CURVE; STORMWATER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; URBANIZATION; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA ANA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548307078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JF000662     Document Type: Article

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