Morphologically based model of bed load transport capacity in a headwater stream

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Mueller, Erich R ^a   Pitlick, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; HEADWATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; STREAM; WATERSHED;

COLORADO; HALFMOON CREEK; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

MEDIALUNA CALIFORNIENSIS;

EID: 33750353842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JF000117     Document Type: Article

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