Suspended sediment behavior in a coastal dry-summer subtropical catchment: Effects of hydrologic preconditions

Geomorphology

Volumn 214, Issue , 2014, Pages 485-501

  Gray, A B ^a   Warrick, J A ^b   Pasternack, G B ^a   Watson, E B ^a   Goni M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antecedent conditions; Arid rivers; Rating curves; Small mountainous rivers; Suspended sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; ARIDITY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; RATING CURVE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

CALIFORNIA; SALINAS RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898817283     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.03.009     Document Type: Article

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