Effect of ENSO events on sediment production in a large coastal basin in northern Peru

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1776-1788

  Tote, Carolien ^a,c   Govers, Gerard ^a   Van Kerckhoven, Stijn ^a   Filiberto, Isabel ^b,d   Verstraeten, Gert ^a   Eerens, Herman ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Unidad de Gestión de Proyecto Binacional Catamayo Chira   (Peru)

^c FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^d Flemish Institute for Technology Research Centre for Remote Sensing and Earth Observation ^*  (Mozambique)

Author keywords

AVHRR; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; NDVI; Peru; Sediment yield; Time series

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAINS; AVHRR; COASTAL BASINS; ENSO EVENTS; EXTREME EVENTS; FLOW DISCHARGES; NDVI; OBSERVATION PERIOD; PERU; RIVER AGGRADATION; RIVER BASINS; SEDIMENT FLUX; SEDIMENT MOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENT YIELDS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; TIME SPAN; VEGETATION GROWTH;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DYNAMICS; INLET FLOW; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; AVHRR; CHANNEL FLOW; CLIMATE EFFECT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MOBILIZATION; NDVI; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; STREAMFLOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

PERU;

CHIRA;

EID: 80053928757     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2200     Document Type: Article

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