Entrainment of riparian gravel and cobbles in an alluvial reach of a regulated canyon river

River Research and Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-50

  Elliotp, John G ^a,c   Hammack, Lauren A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Black canyon of the gunnison river; Critical shear stress; Sediment entrainment

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ENTRAINMENT; RIPARIAN ZONE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034071231     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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