A worldwide correlation for exponential bed particle size variation in subaerial aqueous flows

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 835-847

  Morris, P H ^a   Williams, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exponential sorting; Fluvial abrasion; Hydraulic sorting; Mobile bed flow

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BEDLOAD; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; PARTICLE SIZE; SORTING;

EID: 0032779348     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199908)24:9<835::AID-ESP15>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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