Disturbance, stream incision, and channel evolution: The roles of excess transport capacity and boundary materials in controlling channel response

Geomorphology

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 361-383

  Simon, Andrew ^a   Rinaldi, Massimo ^b  

^a USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Channel adjustment; Channelization; Flow energy; Incision; Transport capacity

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAMFLOW;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748543248     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.06.037     Document Type: Article

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