A geomorphological assessment of wash-load sediment fluxes and floodplain sediment sinks along the lower Amazon River

• Main Authors: Park, Edward, Latrubesse, Edgardo Manuel
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Floods; Science::Geology; Sediment Trapping
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106010; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48965
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We present the first spatiotemporal surface suspended sediment concentration (SSSC) analysis of the lower Amazon River, by combining geomorphological mapping, hydrosedimentological field investigations, and 15 years (2001–2015) of weekly averaged wash-load (fine sediment) fluxes at gauging stations...