The changing sediment load of the Mekong River

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Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 150-157

  Walling, Des E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LAND USE CHANGE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RESERVOIR; SAMPLING; SUSPENDED LOAD;

ASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REVIEW; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER FLOW;

ASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; MEKONG RIVER;

EID: 48249088914     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2008)37[150:TCSLOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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15. Acknowledgments: The data and results presented in this paper draw heavily on a review of the available sediment load data for the lower Mekong River produced by the author for the Mekong River Commission (11). This work has received funding from the Academy of Finland Project 211010.