Dambreak flood impact on mountain stream bedload transport after 13 years

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 643-649

  Bathurst, James C ^a   Ashiq, Muhammad ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

COLORADO; ROARING RIVER; USA;

EID: 0031789830     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199807)23:7<643::AID-ESP889>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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