Reconstructing the history of sediment accumulation in the Yesa reservoir: An approach for management of mountain reservoirs

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-27

  Navas, Ana ^a   Valero Garcés, Blas ^b   Gaspar, Leticia ^a   MacHín, Javier ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arag n River; floods; mountain reservoir; sediment transport; sedimentation rates; siltation; Spanish Pyrenees; Yesa reservoir

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956479637     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140802714304     Document Type: Article

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