Alluvial storage and the long-term stability of sediment yields

Basin Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-163

  Phillips, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DEPOSITION; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037530553     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.2003.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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