Characteristics of gravel bars in ephemeral streams

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-42

  Hassan, Marwan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIGRAPHY;

COMPOSITION PATTERNS; EPHEMERAL STREAMS; MORPHOLOGY AND COMPOSITION; SEDIMENT STORAGE; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT RATE; STRATIGRAPHIC RECORDS; TEMPERATE REGIONS;

GRAVEL;

BAR; GRAVEL; SEDIMENTATION; STREAM;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NAHAL ZIN; SOUTHERN DISTRICT; WORLD;

EID: 14844342160     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2005.004     Document Type: Article

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