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Sediment Flux

WBMsed simulated riverine sediment flux

Simulation results (monthly and yearly averages) from the WBMsed v2 model. Sediment flux in kg/s.

‘Dist’ in the file name is short for ‘disturbed’ and ‘Prist’ is for ‘pristine’, with and without human input respectively.

CitationCohen,S., A. J. Kettner, and J.P.M. Syvitski (2014), Global suspended sediment and water discharge dynamics between 1960 and 2010: Continental trends and intra-basin sensitivity, Global and Planetary Change, 115: 44-58,  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.01.011. [pdf]