Complex channel responses to changes in stream flow and sediment supply on the lower Duchesne River, Utah

Geomorphology

Volumn 64, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 185-206

  Gaeuman, David ^a   Schmidt, John C ^b   Wilcock, Peter R ^c  

^a Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avulsion; Case histories; Discharge; Rivers and streams; Sediment supply

Indexed keywords

AVULSION; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLOODING; RIVER CHANNEL; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11244338073     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.06.007     Document Type: Article

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