Temporal distribution of suspended sediment transport in a humid Mediterranean badland area: The Araguás catchment, Central Pyrenees

Geomorphology

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 601-616

  Nadal Romero, E ^a   Latron, J ^b   Marti Bono C ^a   Regues D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Badlands; Central Pyrenees; Mediterranean catchment; Sediment transport; Suspended sediment concentration

Indexed keywords

BADLANDS; CATCHMENT; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INFILTRATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PYRENEES;

HORTONIA;

EID: 42649093824     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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