Multi-scale estimates of erosion and sediment yields in the Upper Tana basin, Kenya

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 236, Issue , 1996, Pages 49-54

  Brown, Tony ^a   Schneider, Helen ^b   Harper, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Overseas Development Administration   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DAMS; EROSION; ESTIMATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LANDFORMS; RUNOFF; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS;

EROSION RATE; MORPHO CLIMATIC ZONE; MULTI SCALE ESTIMATES; SEDIMENT RATE; UPPER TANA BASIN;

SOILS;

EID: 3743092606     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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