Experiments on downstream fining of gravel: I. Narrow-channel runs

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 874-884

  Seal, Rebecca ^b   Paola, Chris ^c   Parker, Gary ^a,c   Southard, John B ^d   Wilcock, Peter R ^e  

^a ASCE ^*

^b WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GRAVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAM FLOW; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

DOWNSTREAM FINING;

CHANNEL FLOW; DEPOSITS;

CHANNEL; GRAVEL; WATER;

FINING; GRAVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SORTING;

CHANNEL LENGTH; DOWN-STREAM; FEEDRATE; HIGH RATE; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; NARROW CHANNEL; SEDIMENT DISCHARGE; SHORT CHANNELS; SURFACE LAYERS; WATER DISCHARGES;

EID: 0031256129     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(1997)123:10(874)     Document Type: Article

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