Suspended sediment yields in the Amazon basin: An assessment using the Brazilian national data set

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3207-3215

  Filizola, Naziano ^a   Guyot, Jean Loup ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Peru)

Author keywords

Amazon basin; Brazil; Hydrology; Suspended sediment yield

Indexed keywords

AMAZON BASIN; AMAZON REGION; AMAZON RIVER; DATA SETS; FLOOD PLAINS; FLUX CALCULATIONS; RIVER BASINS; SAMPLING PROCEDURES; SEDIMENT LOADS; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT LOADS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WATER DISCHARGES;

RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DEPOSITION; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRIBUTARY;

AMAZON BASIN; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70549097334     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7394     Document Type: Article

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