Analysis of suspended sediment concentration and discharge relations to identify particle origins in small agricultural watersheds

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 337, Issue , 2010, Pages 76-83

  Vongvixay, A ^a,b,c   Grimaldi, C ^a,b   Gascuel Odoux, C ^a,b   Laguionie, P ^c   Faucheux, M ^a,b   Gilliet, N ^a,b   Mayet, M ^a,b  

^a UMR SAS   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c INSA DE RENNES   (France)

Author keywords

Discharge; Flood; Hysteresis; Modelling; Particle availability; Stream bank erosion; Suspended sediment; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; BANK EROSION; DISCHARGE; DISCHARGE PATTERNS; HEADWATER STREAM; HIGH FREQUENCY; MOBILISATION; MODELLING; PARTICLE AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS CONTENTS; SLOPE EROSION; SMALL CATCHMENT; STREAM BANK EROSION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TWO-STREAM;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CATCHMENTS; EROSION; HYDRAULICS; HYSTERESIS; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TURBIDITY;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BANK EROSION; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FARMING SYSTEM; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEADWATER; HYSTERESIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOSPHORUS; SLOPE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TURBIDITY; WATERSHED;

EID: 79952667709     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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