Effects of sediment pulses on channel morphology in a gravel-bed river

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 116-125

  Hoffman, Daniel F ^a   Gabet, Emmanuel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed load; Debris flows; Fire; Fluvial geomorphology; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BED LOAD; DEBRIS FLOW; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY;

CATCHMENTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATERSHEDS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DEBRIS FLOW; GRAVEL BED STREAM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAM CHANNEL;

EID: 33846507919     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25982.1     Document Type: Article

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