Application of the pebble count: Notes on purpose, method, and variants

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-87

  Kondolf, G Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed material size; Cumulative watershed effects; Gravel; Gravel,gravel bed rivers; Sediment sampling

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PEBBLE COUNT; SAMPLING; STREAM SEDIMENT;

EID: 0030865524     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1997.tb04084.x     Document Type: Article

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