Stabilizing self-organized structures in gravel-bed stream channels: Field and experimental observations

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3169-3179

  Church, Michael ^a   Hassan, Marwan A ^a,c   Wolcott, John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; BEDLOAD; GRAVEL BED STREAM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; STREAM CHANNEL;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BED MATERIAL TRANSPORTS; GRAVEL CHANNELS; GRAVEL-BED CHANNEL; GRAVEL-BED STREAMS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RETICULATE STRUCTURE; SELF ORGANIZED STRUCTURES; STABLE CONFIGURATION;

GRAVEL;

EID: 0031730694     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98WR00484     Document Type: Article

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