A new approach for linking event-based upland sediment sources to downstream suspended sediment transport

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 169-179

  Gao, Peng ^a   Puckett, James ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Event gross erosion; Event sediment yield; Sediment connectivity; Sediment rating curve; Sub watershed area; Suspended sediment load

Indexed keywords

EVENT SEDIMENT YIELD; GROSS EROSION; SEDIMENT RATING CURVE; SUB-WATERSHED AREA; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT LOAD;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EROSION; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATERSHEDS;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

DEPOSITION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EROSION RATE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION; SUSPENDED LOAD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATERSHED;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856523470     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2229     Document Type: Article

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