Processes of initiation of motion leading to bedload transport in gravel-bed rivers

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Garcia, Celso ^a   Cohen, Hai ^b   Reid, Ian ^c   Rovira, Albert ^d   Úbeda, Xavier ^e   Laronne, Jonathan B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Institute of Research for Agriculture and Food Technology   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VISUALIZATION; GRAVEL; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW;

BEDLOAD TRANSPORT; DOWNSTREAM TRANSPORT; GRAIN INSTABILITY;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BEDLOAD; GRAVEL BED STREAM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAMFLOW; VIDEOGRAPHY;

EID: 34249873297     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028865     Document Type: Article

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