Will human catalysts or climate change have a greater impact on the sediment load of the Waipaoa River in the 21st century?

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 325, 2008, Pages 425-431

  Kettner, A J ^a   Gomez, B ^b   Syvitski, J P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; HydroTrend; Modelling; Peak discharge; Sediment transport; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOCENE; EXTREME EVENTS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROTREND; MEAN FLOWS; MODELLING; NEW ZEALAND; PEAK DISCHARGE; PRESENT VALUES; SEDIMENT DISCHARGES; SEDIMENT LOADS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT LOADS; TRANSPORT MODELS; WATER DISCHARGES;

DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; EROSION; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

AUSTRALASIA; GISBORNE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIPAOA RIVER;

EID: 62749159790     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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