Contribution of the largest events to suspended sediment transport across the USA

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 83-91

  Gonzalez Hidalgo, J C ^a   Batalla, R J ^b,c   Cerda A ^d   de Luis, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

California; catchment size; conterminous USA; large events; Mediterranean climate; Sediment load

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CATCHMENT SIZE; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CONTINENTAL SCALE; DATA SETS; DIFFERENT SIZES; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; SEDIMENT LOADS; SMALL CATCHMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TOTAL LOAD; TOTAL SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; WORK ANALYSIS;

CLIMATOLOGY; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS;

CATCHMENTS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATABASE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE CHANGE; RESEARCH WORK; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953659982     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.897     Document Type: Article

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