Predicting Discharge and Sediment flux of the Po River, Italy since the Last Glacial Maximum

Analogue and Numerical Modelling of Sedimentary Systems: From Understanding to Prediction

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 171-189

  Kettner, Albert J ^a   Syvitski, James P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drainage basin change; Hydrotrend; Numerical model; Palaeoclimate; River modelling

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODELS; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

CLIMATE CHARACTERISTICS; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; HYDROTREND; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALAEOCLIMATE; RIVER MODELLING; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT FLUX;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84947751562     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444303131.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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