Study of the variability in suspended sediment discharge at Manacapuru, Amazon River, Brazil

The Manacapuru hydrometric gauge station has been used for more than 30 years by the Brazilian National hydrometric network to provide data on the Solimões- Amazon River. At this place, the Solimões river average water discharge is about 103,000 m³ s-1, the mean width is 3,000 m and the mean depth i...

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Main Authors: Naziano Filizola, Frederique Seyler, Maria Helena Mourão, Warley Arruda, Nikolas Spínola, Jean Loup Guyot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asociación Argentina de Sedimentología 2009-12-01
Series:Latin American Journal of Sedimentology and Basin Analysis
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1851-49792009000200003