Bed material texture in low order streams on the queen Charlotte islands, British Columbia

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-18

  Rice, Stephen ^a   Church, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bed material texture; Hillslope channel coupling; Large organic debris; Low order channels; Stochastic variability

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE; HILLSLOPE/CHANNEL COUPLING; LOW ORDER CHANNEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STOCHASTIC MODEL; STREAM SEDIMENT;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS;

EID: 0029731005     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199601)21:1<1::AID-ESP506>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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