Sediment size distribution and composition in a reservoir affected by severe water level fluctuations

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 540, Issue , 2016, Pages 158-167

  López, Pilar ^a   López Tarazón, José A ^b,c,d   Casas Ruiz, Joan P ^e   Pompeo, Marcelo ^a,f   Ordoñez, Jaime ^a   Muñoz, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^e CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Barasona reservoir; Drought; Grain size; Organic carbon; Respiration rate; Sediment

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DROUGHT; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MINERALOGY; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SCREENING; SEDIMENTS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WATER LEVELS;

ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; GRAIN SIZE; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; RATE OF OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESERVOIR SEDIMENTS; RESPIRATION RATE; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC; WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATION;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS;

DROUGHT; GRAIN SIZE; ORGANIC CARBON; RESERVOIR; RESPIRATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WATER LEVEL;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; BIOMINERALIZATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESICCATION; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GRAIN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SPRING; SUMMER; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER FLOW; WATER LEVEL FLUCTUATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84945462659     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.06.033     Document Type: Article

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