Sediment transport-storage relations for degrading, gravel bed channels

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1-1-1-14

  Lisle, Thomas E ^a   Church, Michael ^b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alluvial reservoirs; Armoring; Bed load; Sediment storage; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; DEGRADATION; DRAINAGE; EROSION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SEDIMENT STORAGE RESERVOIRS;

GRAVEL;

BEDLOAD; GRAVEL BED STREAM; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORAGE;

EID: 0036880533     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr001086     Document Type: Article

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