Bed load measurements with a passive magnetic induction device

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 283, 2003, Pages 211-221

  Gottesfeld, Allen S ^a   Tunnicliffe, Jon ^b  

^a Gitxsan Wet'suwet'en Watershed A   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bed load; Bed load movement sensors; Fluvial geomorphology; Gravel bed streams; Pool riffle morphology

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; GRAVEL; MORPHOLOGY;

BED LOAD MOVEMENT DETECTORS (BMD); STREAM BED;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BEDLOAD; FLUVIAL PROCESS; MAGNETIC METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 0442281603     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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