Interdecadal patterns of total sediment yield from a montane catchment, southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada

Geomorphology

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 207-212

  Schiefer, Erik ^a   Hassan, Marwan A ^b   Menounos, Brian ^c   Pelpola, Channa P ^d   Slaymaker, Olav ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d STANTEC CONSULTING LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bedload; British Columbia; Coast Mountains; Dissolved load; Sediment yield; Suspended load

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; CATCHMENT; DECADAL VARIATION; DISSOLVED LOAD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PROGRADATION; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED LOAD; WATERSHED;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; COAST MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77951939111     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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