Sediment pulses in mountain rivers: 1. Experiments

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Cui, Yantao ^a,d   Parker, Gary ^a   Lisle, Thomas E ^b   Gott, Julie ^b   Hansler Ball, Maria E ^b   Pizzuto, James E ^c   Allmendinger, Nicholas E ^c   Reed, Jane M ^c  

^a 4 174 EE CSCI Building   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d Stillwater Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Mountain rivers; Sediment pulses; Sediment transport; Sediment waves

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DISPERSIONS; LANDSLIDES; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW;

DEBRIS FLOWS; DISCRETE PULSES;

SEDIMENTS;

BEDLOAD; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; GRAIN SIZE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 1542652038     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001803     Document Type: Article

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