Groundwater control on the suspended sediment load in the Na Borges River, Mallorca, Spain

Geomorphology

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 292-303

  Estrany, Joan ^a   Garcia, Celso ^a   Batalla, Ramon J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Groundwater dominance; Mallorca; Mediterranean river; Multiple regression; Rating curves; Suspended sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER CONTROL; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPRING WATER; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; URBANIZATION;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NA BORGES BASIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 62649143661     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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