Basin-wide sediment trapping efficiency of emerging reservoirs along the Mekong

Geomorphology

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 181-197

  Kummu, M ^a   Lu, X X ^b   Wang, J J ^b   Varis, O ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dam; Mekong Basin; Reservoir; Reservoir sediment trapping efficiency; Trapped sediment load

Indexed keywords

DAM; DAM CONSTRUCTION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; RESERVOIR; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENT YIELD; WATER PLANNING; WATER STORAGE;

MEKONG BASIN;

EID: 77952670769     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.03.018     Document Type: Article

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