Which tributaries disrupt downstream fining along gravel-bed rivers?

Geomorphology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-56

  Rice, Stephen ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Downstream fining; Grain size discontinuities; Gravel bed rivers; Lateral sediment sources; Tributaries

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FORM; DOWNSTREAM FINING; GRAVEL BED RIVER; SEDIMENT SOURCE; SEDIMENT TEXTURE; TRIBUTARY;

EID: 0031776454     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(97)00052-4     Document Type: Article

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