Exploring suspended sediment delivery dynamics of two Mediterranean nested catchments

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 698-715

  López Tarazón, José A ^a,b,c   Estrany, Joan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

floods; hysteresis; Mediterranean fluvial systems; rainfall; runoff; suspended sediment transport

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; HYSTERESIS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

FLUVIAL SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MEDITERRANEAN CATCHMENT; SEDIMENT AVAILABILITY; SEDIMENT DELIVERY DYNAMICS; SEDIMENTARY RESPONSE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT YIELDS;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

CATCHMENT; FLOOD; HYSTERESIS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 85006294864     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.11069     Document Type: Article

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