River Meuse suspended sediment yield: A new estimate and past estimates revisited

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-193

  Ward, Philip J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Meuse; Sediment rating curves; Sediment yield; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; EROSIVITY; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEUSE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 46649097804     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016774600023222     Document Type: Article

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