Bed load under low sediment transport in a large regulated river: The lower Ebro, NE Spain

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 299, 2005, Pages 171-178

  Vericat, Damia ^a   Batalla, Ramon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bed load; Ebro River; Grain size; Gravel bed river

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOODS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; RIVERS; SAMPLING;

BED LOAD; EBRO RRIVER; GRAVEL-BED RIVER;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BEDLOAD; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; GRAIN SIZE; GRAVEL BED STREAM; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EBRO BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 27544434961     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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