Lakes and reservoirs in the sediment delivery system: Reconstructing sediment yields

Soil Erosion and Sediment Redistribution in River Catchments: Measurement, Modelling and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 128-142

  Foster, I D L ^a,b  

^a Faculty of Health and Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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