A stochastic sediment delivery model for a steep Mediterranean landscape

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Gabet, Emmanuel J ^a   Dunne, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion; Fire; Geomorphology; Hillslopes; Landslides; Semiarid

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCIES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

CLIMATIC EVENTS; SEDIMENT DELIVERY MODEL;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CREEP; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HILLSLOPE; LANDSLIDE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEMIARID REGION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA BARBARA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE; SALVIA;

EID: 1542442431     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002341     Document Type: Article

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