Factors controlling suspended sediment yield during runoff events in small headwater catchments of the Basque Country

Catena

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 179-190

  Zabaleta, Ane ^a   Martínez, Miren ^a   Uriarte, Jesus Angel ^a   Antigüedad, Iñaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flood events; Headwater catchments; Hysteretic loops; Suspended sediment yield; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DATA SET; HEADWATER; MATRIX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY;

BASQUE COUNTRY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34548664881     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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