A spatially distributed model for the long-term suspended sediment discharge and delivery ratio of drainage basins

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Pelletier, Jon D ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DISCHARGE; DRAINAGE BASIN; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODELING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84861704665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JF002129     Document Type: Article

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