Sediment yields and erosion rates in the Napo River basin: An Ecuadorian Andean Amazon tributary

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 288, 2004, Pages 220-225

  Laraque, A ^a   Ceron, C ^a   Armijos, E ^b   Pombosa, R ^b   Magat, P ^a   Guyot, J L ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INAMHI   (Ecuador)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Peru)

Author keywords

Amazon Basin; Andes; Ecuador; Erosion; Hydrology; Napo River; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; EROSION; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION;

AMAZON BASIN; ANDES; ECUADOR; NAPO RIVER;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

DRAINAGE BASIN; EROSION RATE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

AMAZON BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

ERYTHROXYLUM;

EID: 4043069903     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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