Suspended sediment transport in a highly erodible catchment: The River Isábena (Southern Pyrenees)

Geomorphology

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 210-221

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hysteresis; Interpolation; Reservoir sedimentation; River Is bena; Specific yield; Suspended sediment transport

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; HYSTERESIS; INTERPOLATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES;

EID: 67349257009     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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