Suspended sediment sources and transport distances in the Yellowstone River basin

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 515-529

  Whiting, Peter J ^a   Matisoff, Gerald ^a   Fornes, William ^a,b   Soster, Frederick M ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Consortium Oceanographic Res/Educ ^*  (United States)

^c DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

210Pb; 7Be; Erosion; Fluvial geomorphology; Sediment transport; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN SOILS; SEDIMENT SOURCES; TRANSPORT DISTANCES; YELLOWSTONE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EROSION; RADIOISOTOPES; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; STREAM FLOW; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EID: 15844384007     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25623.1     Document Type: Article

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