Sedimentation in the floodplains of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Part I: Suspended sediment dynamics

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3132-3144

  Hung, Nguyen Nghia ^a   Delgado, José Miguel ^c   Güntner, Andreas ^b   Merz, Bruno ^b   Bárdossy, András ^d   Apel, Heiko ^b  

^a Water Resources Research SIWRR   (Viet Nam)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Floodplain; Floodplain sedimentation; Mekong Delta; Sediment dynamics; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DYNAMICS; NUTRIENTS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; EROSION AND DEPOSITION; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENTATION; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; MEKONG DELTA; SEDIMENT DYNAMIC; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

FLOODS;

FLOOD WAVE; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

MEKONG DELTA; MEKONG RIVER; VIET NAM;

EID: 84895930565     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9856     Document Type: Article

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