Fluxes and storage of fine-grained sediment and associated contaminants in the Na Borges River (Mallorca, Spain)

Catena

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 291-305

  Estrany, Joan ^a   Garcia, Celso ^a   Walling, Desmond E ^b   Ferrer, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channel bed sediment; Combined sewer overflows; Contaminants; Groundwater dominance; Mediterranean fluvial systems; Sediment storage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CATCHMENT; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITION; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLOOD; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABILIZATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; THRESHOLD; TWENTIETH CENTURY; URBANIZATION;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NA BORGES BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 80052806922     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.06.009     Document Type: Article

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