Modelling sediment export, retention and reservoir sedimentation in drylands with the WASA-SED model

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 275-291

  Mueller, E N ^a   Guntner A ^b   Francke, T ^a   Mamede, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

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EID: 84867868921     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-3-275-2010     Document Type: Article

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