Analysis of controls on downstream fining along three gravel-bed rivers in the Band-e-Golestan drainage basin NE Iran

Geomorphology

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 143-153

  Moussavi Harami, Reza ^a   Mahboubi, A ^a   Khanehbad, M ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Abrasion; Band e Golestan; Downstream fining; Gravel bed rivers; Hydraulic sorting

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; FINING SEQUENCE; GRAVEL BED STREAM; HYDRAULICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 2942592141     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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