Dam-to-delta sediment inputs and storage in the lower trinity river, Texas

Geomorphology

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 17-34

  Phillips, Jonathan D ^a   Slattery, Michael C ^b   Musselman, Zachary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial storage; Buffering; Dam effects; Sediment budget; Trinity River

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; DAM; SCOUR; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORAGE;

EID: 10044274223     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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