Sediment budget in the Ucayali River basin, an Andean tributary of the Amazon River
Formation of mountain ranges results from complex coupling between lithospheric deformation, mechanisms linked to subduction and surface processes: weathering, erosion, and climate. Today, erosion of the eastern Andean cordillera and sub-Andean foothills supplies over 99% of the sediment load passin...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2015-03-01
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Series: | Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences |
Online Access: | https://www.proc-iahs.net/367/320/2015/piahs-367-320-2015.pdf |