Understanding watershed suspended sediment transport

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-263

  Gao, Peng ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Sediment monitoring; Sediment rating curve; Suspended sediment; Watershed modelling

Indexed keywords

MODELING; RATING CURVE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATERSHED;

EID: 69549112127     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133308094849     Document Type: Article

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