Flow pattern and sediment transport in a braided river: The "torrent de St Pierre" (French Alps)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 330, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 496-505

  Meunier, P ^a   Metivier F ^a   Lajeunesse, E ^a   Meriaux A S ^a,b   Faure, Joël ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Parc National des Écrins   (France)

Author keywords

Bed load; Mass balance; Mountain river; Proglacial braided river; Sediment transport; Suspended load

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DISSOLUTION; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDROLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

BED LOAD; MASS BALANCE; MOUNTAIN RIVER; PROGLACIAL BRAIDED RIVER; SUSPENDED LOAD;

RIVERS;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DISSOLUTION; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

BEDLOAD; BRAIDED RIVER; FLOW PATTERN; MASS BALANCE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY PROFILE;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750202109     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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