Large-scale suspended sediment transport and sediment deposition in the Mekong Delta

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3033-3053

  Manh, N V ^a   Dung, N V ^a,b   Hung, N N ^b   Merz, B ^a   Apel, H ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b Southern Institute of Water Resources Research ^*  (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; FISHERIES; LEVEES; NUTRIENTS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

COHESIVE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODELS; DEPOSITED SEDIMENTS; FISHERY PRODUCTIVITY; FLOOD CHARACTERISTICS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TRANSPORT COMPONENT;

FLOODS;

CHANNEL; COHESIVE SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; FISHERY; FLOOD; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBSIDENCE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

CAMBODIA; KRACHEH; MEKONG DELTA; VIET NAM;

EID: 84921841374     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-3033-2014     Document Type: Article

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