An appraisal of the contemporary sediment yield in the Ebro Basin

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1070-1081

  Batalla, Ramon J ^a,b,d   Vericat, D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b Forest Science Center of Catalonia   (Spain)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Reservoirs; River Ebro; Sediment yield; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BATHYMETRY; CATCHMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RESERVOIR; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION; SEMIARID REGION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EBRO BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 84860408671     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-011-0378-8     Document Type: Article

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