High rates of sediment transport by flashfloods in the Southern Judean Desert, Israel

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1687-1702

  Cohen, Hai ^a   Laronne, Jonathan B ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arid; Bedload; Flashflood; Hyper arid; Sediment transport; Slot sampler; Suspended sediment; Turbidometry

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOODS; RAIN;

BEDLOCK DISCHARGES; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT YIELDS;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BEDLOAD; FLASH FLOOD; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ISRAEL; JUDEAN DESERT; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 20444471049     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5630     Document Type: Article

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