Trends of grain sizes on gravel bars in the Rio Chagres, Panama

Geomorphology

Volumn 83, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 282-293

  Rengers, Francis ^a   Wohl, Ellen ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrasion; Downstream fining; Grain size distribution; Panama; Selective sorting; Tropical river

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; BAR; CLAST; DRAINAGE BASIN; FELSIC ROCK; GRAIN SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRIBUTARY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; CHAGRES RIVER; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 33845992904     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.02.019     Document Type: Article

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