Global suspended sediment and water discharge dynamics between 1960 and 2010: Continental trends and intra-basin sensitivity

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 115, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-58

  Cohen, Sagy ^a   Kettner, Albert J ^b   Syvitski, James P M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Global; Modeling; Rivers; Suspended sediment; Water discharge

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; LITHOLOGY; MODELS; RIVERS; WATER RESOURCES;

BASIN PRECIPITATION; CONTINENTAL-SCALE ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GLOBAL; HYDROLOGICAL WATER BALANCE; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT FLUX; WATER DISCHARGES;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

BASIN ANALYSIS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LITHOLOGY; OVERBANK FLOW; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER BUDGET;

AMAZON RIVER; DANUBE RIVER; GANGES RIVER;

EID: 84893822330     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.01.011     Document Type: Article

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