Channel width-flow discharge relationships for rills and gullies

Geomorphology

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 273-279

  Torri, D ^a   Poesen, J ^b   Borselli, L ^a   Knapen, A ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Channel junctions; Gullies; Rills; Soil erosion; Width discharge relationship

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DISCHARGE; GULLY; RILL;

EID: 33747200788     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.11.010     Document Type: Article

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