Climate change and the episodicity of sediment flux of small California Rivers

Journal of Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 251-270

  Inman, Douglas L ^a   Jenkins, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; RIVER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033454023     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314346     Document Type: Article

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