Guidelines for using bedload traps in coarse-bedded mountain streams: Construction, installation, operation, and sample processing

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report RMRS-GTR

Volumn , Issue 191 RMRS-GTR, 2007, Pages 1-97

  Bunte, Kristin ^a   Swingle, Kurt W ^b   Abt, Steven R ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bedload transport; Bedload traps; Field work; Mountain gravel bed rivers; Sampling

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; GRAVEL; INSTALLATION; MOUNTAIN STREAM; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; SAMPLER; SITE SELECTION;

EID: 34248185513     PISSN: 02775786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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