Spatial variability of suspended sediment yield in a gravel-bed river across four orders of magnitude of catchment area

Catena

Volumn 133, Issue , 2015, Pages 14-24

  Mills, Carolyn F ^a   Bathurst, James C ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment; Land use; Sediment yield; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; EROSIVITY; FLOW MODELING; GRAVEL BED STREAM; LAND USE CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

CUMBRIA; EDEN RIVER; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84929659232     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2015.04.008     Document Type: Article

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