Effects of tributary debris on the longitudinal profile of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Hanks, Thomas C ^a   Webb, Robert H ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRIBUTARY;

ARIZONA; COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; GRAND CANYON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846456540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JF000257     Document Type: Article

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