Erosion, deposition and basin-wide variations in stream power and bed shear stress

Basin Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-108

  Talling, Peter J ^a   Sowter, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BED SHEAR STRESS; DEPOSITION; EROSION;

EID: 0031712084     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.1998.00088.x     Document Type: Article

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