Classification of worldwide drainage basins through the multivariate analysis of variables controlling their hydrosedimentary response

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 117-127

  Raux, Julie ^a   Copard, Yoann ^a   Laignel, Benoît ^a   Fournier, Matthieu ^a   Masseï, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Cluster Analysis (CA); Drainage basin; Principal Component Analysis (PCA); River discharge; Sediment load

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TECTONICS; ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; BASIN AREA; CHANNEL SLOPE; CLIMATIC VARIABLES; DRAINAGE BASIN; HUMAN SOCIETY; LAND COVER; LOW TEMPERATURES; MATRIX; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (PCA); RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT LOAD; SEDIMENT LOADS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSFER PROCESS; WATER DISCHARGES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELONGATION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; LITHOLOGY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CATCHMENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRAINAGE BASIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYPSOMETRY; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LITHOLOGY; MATRIX; MORPHOMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SLOPE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 79954790677     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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