Catchment size and contribution of the largest daily events to suspended sediment load on a continental scale

Catena

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-45

  Gonzalez Hidalgo, J Carlos ^a,b   Batalla, Ramon J ^c,d   Cerda, Artemi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^d Forest Science Center of Catalonia   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catchment size; Continental scale; HYDAT dataset; Largest daily event; Suspended sediment; USGS database

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DATA SET; DATABASE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871922199     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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