Influence of coarse lag formation on the mechanics of sediment pulse dispersion in a mountain stream, Squire Creek, North Cascades, Washington, United States

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Brummer, Chris J ^a   Montgomery, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; DRAINAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; STREAM FLOW;

COARSE LAG; HYDRAULIC ROUGHNESS; SEDIMENT PULSE; SEDIMENT STORAGE;

OPEN CHANNEL FLOW;

DISPERSIONS; DRAINAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; STREAM FLOW;

BEDLOAD; DEPOSITION; EROSION; GRAIN SIZE; LITHOLOGY; MASS TRANSPORT; MORPHOLOGY; MOUNTAIN STREAM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 33748089355     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004776     Document Type: Article

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