Relation of inversely graded deposits to suspended-sediment grain-size evolution during the 1996 flood experiment in Grand Canyon

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-102

  Rubin, David M ^a   Nelson, Jonathan M ^b   Topping, David J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSENING; DAMS; DEPOSITS; FLOODS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

CONTROLLED FLOODS; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; MEASUREMENTS OF; NATURAL PROCESS; SEDIMENT GRAIN SIZE; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SUPPLY LIMITATIONS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

DAM; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLOOD; GRAIN SIZE; PEAK DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; COARSENING; FLOOD EXPERIMENT; FLUVIAL PROCESSES; SEDIMENT SUPPLY;

ARIZONA; COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; GRAND CANYON; UNITED STATES; COLORADO RIVER; GLEN CANYON DAM; USA;

EID: 0031961390     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0099:ROIGDT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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