Selective bed-load transport in Las Vegas Wash, a gravel-bed stream

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 342, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 320-330

  Duan, Jennifer G ^a   Scott, Steve ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed load transport; Bi modal sediment; Field hydrology; Gravel bed rivers; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

FUNCTION EVALUATION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MODAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

BED LOAD TRANSPORT; FIELD HYDROLOGY; GRAVEL-BED RIVERS;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

FUNCTION EVALUATION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MODAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAVEL BED STREAM; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS;

LAS VEGAS WASH; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547124883     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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