Fine-grained bed sediment storage within the main channel systems of the frome and piddle catchments, Dorset, UK

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1448-1459

  Collins, Adrian L ^a,b   Walling, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channel bed sediment storage; Lowland permeable catchments; Sediment budget

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAND USE;

BED SEDIMENT STORAGE; FINE SEDIMENT LOADING; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; SEDIMENT FLUX; SEDIMENT REMOBILIZATION;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAND USE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BEDLOAD; CATCHMENT; CHANNEL CHANGE; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LAND USE CHANGE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENTATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 34248584765     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6269     Document Type: Article

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