Flood-based analysis of high-magnitude sediment transport using a non-parametric method

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2064-2077

  Francke, Till ^a   Lopez Tarazon J A ^b   Vericat, D ^c   Bronstert, A ^a   Batalla, R J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Is bena; Quantile regression forests; Sediment rating curve; Sediment yield; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; LANDFORMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORMS;

DIFFERENT PROCESS; DRIVING FORCES; FLOOD EVENTS; FOREST MODELS; HIGH YIELDS; NON-PARAMETRIC METHODS; OBSERVATION PERIODS; PREDICTIVE POWER; QUANTILE REGRESSION FORESTS; RIVER CHANNELS; SEDIMENT FLUXES; SEDIMENT PRODUCTIONS; SEDIMENT RATING CURVE; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SEDIMENT STORAGES; SEDIMENT YIELD; SPANISH PYRENEES; SPECIFIC SEDIMENT YIELDS; SUB CATCHMENTS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BADLANDS; CATCHMENT; FLOOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SILTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES;

CAPELLA;

EID: 62649106376     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1654     Document Type: Article

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