ALLUVIAL FANS FORMED BY CHANNELIZED FLUVIAL AND SHEET FLOW. I: THEORY

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 985-995

  Parker, Gary ^a   Paola, Chris ^a   Whipple, Kelin X ^b   Mohrig, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW OF WATER; RIVERS; SAND; SEDIMENTATION;

ALLUVIAL FANS; DEBRIS FLOWS; FLUVIAL FLOW; MECHANISTICS; RIVER CHANNELS; RIVERS AND STREAMS; SHEETFLOWS; SIMPLE++; STREAM CHANNELS; SUCCESSIVE DEPOSITIONS;

DEPOSITION; LANDFORMS;

ALLUVIAL FANS; CHANNELIZED FLUVIAL FLOW; SHEET FLOW;

ALLUVIAL FAN; CHANNEL FLOW; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; SEDIMENTATION; SHEET FLOW;

EID: 0032194471     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(1998)124:10(985)     Document Type: Article

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