Conceptual model of sediment processes in the upper Yuba River watershed, Sierra Nevada, CA

Geomorphology

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 149-166

  Curtis, Jennifer A ^a   Flint, Lorraine E ^a   Alpers, Charles N ^a   Yarnell, Sarah M ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual model; Hillslope erosion; Hydraulic mining; Sediment storage; Yuba River

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATERSHED;

ANDALUCIA; BETIC CORDILLERA; CALIFORNIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [BETIC CORDILLERA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YUBA RIVER;

EID: 20044385982     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.11.019     Document Type: Article

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