Modeling suspended sediment discharge from the Waipaoa River system, New Zealand: The last 3000 years

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Kettner, A J ^a,b   Gomez, B ^c   Syvitski, J P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DRAINAGE; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES; HYDROLOGIC-TRANSPORT MODEL;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DRAINAGE; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

DRAINAGE BASIN; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; GISBORNE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIPAOA RIVER;

EID: 36649030839     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005570     Document Type: Article

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