Downstream trends in discharge, slope, and stream power in a lower coastal plain river

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 334, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 290-303

  Phillips, Jonathan D ^a   Slattery, Michael C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal plain river; Discharge; Downstream trends; Stream power; Trinity river; Water surface slope

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS; STREAM FLOW;

COASTAL PLAIN RIVERS; DOWNSTREAM TRENDS; STREAM POWER; TRINITY RIVER; WATER SURFACE SLOPE;

RIVERS;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS; STREAM FLOW;

BACKWATER; COASTAL PLAIN; ESTUARINE FRONT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL PROCESS; RIVER DISCHARGE; SLOPE; STREAMFLOW; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; TRINITY RIVER [TEXAS]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846496289     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.10.018     Document Type: Article

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