Fluvial transport of suspended sediment and organic carbon during flood events in a large agricultural catchment in southwest France

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2365-2378

  Oeurng, Chantha ^a   Sauvage, Sabine ^a,b   Coynel, Alexandra ^c   Maneux, Eric ^d   Etcheber, Henri ^c   Sánchez Pérez, José Miguel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d Centre Condorcet   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural catchment; Dissolved organic carbon; Flood events; Hysteresis; Particulate organic carbon; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; CLOCKS; DISSOLUTION; HYSTERESIS; ORGANIC CARBON; RUNOFF; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; CONTROLLING FACTORS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FLOOD EVENT; FLUVIAL TRANSPORT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TOTAL PRECIPITATION;

FLOODS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HYSTERESIS; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

FRANCE;

EID: 79953768829     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7999     Document Type: Article

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