Sediment flow paths and associated organic carbon dynamics across a Mediterranean catchment

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1209-1223

  Boix Fayos, C ^a   Nadeu, E ^a   Quinonero J M ^b   Martinez Mena M ^a   Almagro, M ^a   De Vente, J ^a  

^a Soil Erosion and Conservation Research Group Spanish Research Council Campus de Espinardo   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITS; EROSION; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOILS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

DEPOSITED SEDIMENTS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SETTING; MEDITERRANEAN CATCHMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SELECTIVE EROSIONS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRANSPORT DISTANCES;

SEDIMENTS;

CARBON CYCLE; CATCHMENT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EROSION RATE; FLOW PATTERN; GRAIN SIZE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

SPAIN;

EID: 84923916986     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-19-1209-2015     Document Type: Article

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