Sediment output from a post-mining catchment – Centennial impacts using stochastically generated rainfall

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 544, Issue , 2017, Pages 180-194

  Hancock, G R ^a   Verdon Kidd, D ^a   Lowry, J B C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SUPERVISING SCIENTIST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Landscape evolution; Mine rehabilitation; Rainfall time series; Sediment transport; Stochastic rainfall

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TIME SERIES;

HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; MINE REHABILITATION; RISK BASED APPROACHES; RUNOFF AND SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODEL; STATISTICAL APPROACH; STOCHASTIC RAINFALLS;

RAIN;

EID: 84998698815     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.11.027     Document Type: Article

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