Fluvial sediment supply to a mega-delta reduced by shifting tropical-cyclone activity

Nature

Volumn 539, Issue 7628, 2016, Pages 276-279

  Darby, Stephen E ^a   Hackney, Christopher R ^a   Leyland, Julian ^a   Kummu, Matti ^b   Lauri, Hannu ^c   Parsons, Daniel R ^d   Best, James L ^e   Nicholas, Andrew P ^f   Aalto, Rolf ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c EIA Finland Ltd   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; COASTAL ZONE; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RUNOFF; SUSPENDED LOAD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRAPPING; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE; COASTAL WATERS; FLOODPLAIN; HURRICANE; HYDROLOGY; HYSTERESIS; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNOFF; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HISTORY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TROPIC CLIMATE;

MEKONG RIVER;

RAIN;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYCLONIC STORMS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HYDROLOGY; RAIN; RIVERS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 85007021026     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature19809     Document Type: Article

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