The grain-fluid interaction as a self-stabilizing mechanism in fluvial bed load transport

Sedimentology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 407-416

  Mcewan, I K ^a   Jefcoate, B J ^a   Willetts, B B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary shear stress; Fluvial mechanics; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; FLUVIAL PROCESS; GRAIN BOUNDARY; SALTATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 0032846701     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1999.00197.x     Document Type: Article

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