Long-term monitoring (1960-2008) of the river-sediment transport in the Red River Watershed (Vietnam): Temporal variability and dam-reservoir impact

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 4654-4664

  Dang, Thi Ha ^a,b   Coynel, Alexandra ^a   Orange, Didier ^c   Blanc, Gérard ^a   Etcheber, Henri ^a   Le, Lan Anh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^c UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

Dam reservoir; Erosion; Red river; Suspended particulate matter flux; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

DAMS; DIGITAL STORAGE; EROSION; FLOW OF WATER; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

ANNUAL VARIABILITY; DAM RESERVOIRS; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; LONG TERM MONITORING; RED RIVER; SEDIMENT RATING CURVES; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

METAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER POLLUTANT;

DAM; DISCHARGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER FLOW;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; VIET NAM; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEDIMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

CHINA; HOA BINH; VIET NAM; YUNNAN;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVERS; TIME; VIETNAM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77955981746     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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