Spatial and temporal dynamics of suspended load at-a-cross-section: The lowermost Ebro River (Catalonia, Spain)

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3671-3681

  Rovira, A ^a   Alcaraz, C ^a   Ibanez C ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Floods; Inorganic load; Large river; Organic matter; Sediment transport; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FLOODS; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW VELOCITY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CATALONIA , SPAIN; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; INORGANIC CONCENTRATION; INORGANIC LOADS; LARGE RIVERS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SUSPENDED LOADS; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS;

RIVERS;

INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC MATTER;

FLOOD; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MEANDER; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER BANK; RIVER DISCHARGE; SAMPLING; SECONDARY FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED LOAD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; FLOOD TIDE; FLOW RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPAIN; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY; SUSPENDED LOAD DYNAMICS; WATER FLOW; WATER SAMPLING;

EBRO RIVER; SPAIN;

EID: 84861334638     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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