Guyot Jean-Loup, Jouanneau J.M., Wasson J.G. (1999). Characterisation of river bed and suspended sediments in the Rio Madeira drainage basin (Bolivian Amazonia). Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 12 (4), p. 401-410. ISSN 0895-9811.
Titre du document
Characterisation of river bed and suspended sediments in the Rio Madeira drainage basin (Bolivian Amazonia)
Année de publication
1999
Type de document
Article
Auteurs
Guyot Jean-Loup, Jouanneau J.M., Wasson J.G.
Source
Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 1999,
12 (4), p. 401-410 ISSN 0895-9811
The grain size distribution of river bed sediments in the Rio Madeira drainage basin shows rapid deposition of the coarser material (greater than 10 mm) as the river flows out of the Andean range to enter the Amazon plain (Llanos). In the Andes, the suspended sediment grain size varies between 0.02 and 0.10 mm in diameter, while in the Llanos the suspended load is dominated by fine silts, between 7 and 7 micrometers in diameter. In the Llanos, neither the bed sediment nor the suspended sediment varied along a 800 km reach. (Résumé d'auteur)
Plan de classement
Transports solides et qualité physico-chimique des eaux [062MECEAU04]
Descripteurs
SEDIMENT ; GRANULOMETRIE ; DISTRIBUTION SPATIALE ; MATIERE EN SUSPENSION ; COURS D'EAU ; BASSIN FLUVIAL
