Influence of land use and climate on the load of suspended solids in catchments of Andean rivers

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 835-843

  Pizarro, J ^a   Vergara, P M ^a   Morales, J L ^a   Rodriguez J A ^a   Vila, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Global warming; Land use; Suspended solids

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RAIN; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84893684779     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3420-z     Document Type: Article

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