On the stability of step-pool mountain streams

Journal of Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-69

  Chin, Anne ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; MOUNTAIN STREAM; STEP POOL;

EID: 0031776799     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516007     Document Type: Article

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