Sediments as tracers for transport and deposition processes in peri-alpine lakes: A case study

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 411, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Righetti, Maurizio ^a   Toffolon, Marco ^a   Lucarelli, Corrado ^a   Serafini, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lake circulation; Numerical simulation; Sediment transport; Sedimentological analysis

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC SEDIMENTS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DEPOSITION PATTERNS; DEPOSITION PROCESS; EXTERNAL FORCING; FIELD MEASUREMENT; LITTORAL REGIONS; LOCAL TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PROCESS; SEDIMENTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; SEM-EDS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS; WATERBODIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAKES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBIDITY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

BENTHOS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GEOACCUMULATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIFICATION; TRACER; TURBIDITY;

ITALY; LAKE LEVICO; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE; TRENTO;

EID: 81155150348     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.08.018     Document Type: Article

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