More than a hundred hydropower dams have already been built in the Amazon basin and
numerous proposals for further dam constructions are under consideration. The …

An important discussion has recently called the attention of sedimentologists and
geomorphologists to the dominant fluvial styles preserved in the geological record. While …

Rivers provide the primary link between land and sea. Utilizing the world's largest database,
this book presents a detailed analysis and synthesis of the processes affecting fluvial …

We report Li isotope composition (δ 7 Li) of river-borne dissolved and solid material in the
largest River system on Earth, the Amazon River basin, to characterize Li isotope …

The study comprehensively assessed the effects of river basin parameters (basin
morphology, drainage network, topography, climate, land use land cover (LULC) …

Increased energy demand has led to plans for building many new dams in the western
Amazon, mostly in the Andean region. Historical data and mechanistic scenarios are used to …

The daily variability of river suspended sediment concentration (Cs) and related yield (Y) is
studied at 60 global stations. The data set covers natural conditions (eg pre-reservoir data) …

In this paper, we make use of a Brazilian national data set comprising suspended sediment
data for the Amazon region. This contains more than 2500 samples from 60 sites that have …

Clay minerals are important in evaluating the maturity of suspended sediments, weathering
intensity and source area. However, there are processes that can change the mineral …

Abstract Study region Upper Madeira Basin (975,500 km 2) in Southern Amazonia, which is
suffering a biophysical transition, involving deforestation and changes in rainfall regime …