The sediment budget of a large river regulated by dams (The lower River Ebro, NE Spain)

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 966-980

  Tena, Alvaro ^a   Batalla, Ramon J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

^c Forest Science Center of Catalonia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fluvial sediment budget; Reservoirs; River Ebro; Suspended sediment transport

Indexed keywords

DAM CONSTRUCTION; DISCHARGE; EPHEMERAL STREAM; EPISODIC EVENT; EROSION; FLOODING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HUMIDITY; RESERVOIR; RIVER BANK; RIVER BED; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TORRENT; TURBIDITY;

ARAGON; CATALONIA; CINCA RIVER; EBRO RIVER; HUESCA [ARAGON]; IBERIAN MASSIF; SEGRE RIVER; SPAIN;

EID: 84876083063     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-013-0681-7     Document Type: Article

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