Stochastic forcing of sediment supply to channel networks from landsliding and debris flow

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2849-2863

  Benda, Lee ^a   Dunne, Thomas ^b  

^a Earth Systems Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; LANDSLIDE EFFECT; SEDIMENT DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTIC PROCESS;

CHANNEL NETWORK; DEBRIS FLOW; LANDSLIDE; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

CATCHMENTS; DEBRIS; LANDSLIDES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STORMS; THUNDERSTORMS;

BIOTIC CONTROLS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIANCE; STOCHASTIC FIELD; STOCHASTIC FORCING; SYSTEMATIC CHANGES; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 0030694083     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR02388     Document Type: Article

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