Dominant discharges for suspended sediment transport in a highly active Pyrenean river

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2019-2030

  López Tarazón, José Andres ^a,b   Batalla, Ramon J ^b,c,d  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

^d Forest Science Center of Catalonia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bankfull; Dominant discharge; Effective discharge; River Is bena; Sediment duration curves; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

BADLANDS; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ARAGON; HUESCA [ARAGON]; ISABENA RIVER; PYRENEES; SPAIN;

EID: 85027948939     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-014-0961-x     Document Type: Article

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