Contemporary suspended sediment transfer and accumulation processes in the small proglacial Sætrevatnet sub-catchment, Bødalen, western Norway

Geomorphology

Volumn 167-168, Issue , 2012, Pages 91-101

  Liermann, Susan ^a,b   Beylich, Achim A ^a,b   van Welden, Aurélien ^a,c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake trap efficiency; Proglacial lake; Sediment accumulation rates; Suspended sediment transport; Suspended sediment yield; Western Norway

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; CATCHMENT; DRAINAGE BASIN; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

NORDFJORDEN; NORWAY; SOGN OG FJORDANE;

EID: 84864313336     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.03.035     Document Type: Article

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