The use of short-lived radionuclides to quantify transitional bed material transport in a regulated river

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 509-524

  Salant, Nira L ^a   Renshaw, Carl E ^b   Magilligan, Francis J ^b   Kaste, James M ^b   Nislow, Keith H ^c   Heimsath, Arjun M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beryllium 7; Dams; Flow regulation; Sand; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; DAMS; RADIOISOTOPES; RIVERS; SAND; SEDIMENTATION;

BED SEDIMENTATION; FLOW REGULATION;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BERYLLIUM; DAMS; RADIOISOTOPES; RIVERS; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

BEDLOAD; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; FLOW REGULATION; RADIONUCLIDE; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 34247261041     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1414     Document Type: Article

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