Discharge and suspended sediment transport in the Ayeyarwady River, Myanmar: Centennial and decadal changes

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1631-1641

  Furuichi, T ^a,d   Win, Z ^b   Wasson, R J ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Government of Myanmar   (Myanmar)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ayeyarwady River; Discharge; ENSO; Myanmar; Suspended sediment load

Indexed keywords

AYEYARWADY RIVER; DISCHARGE; ENSO; MYANMAR; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT LOAD;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

RIVERS;

CORRELATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; NINETEENTH CENTURY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; IRRAWADDY RIVER; MYANMAR; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 65949119333     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7295     Document Type: Article

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