Sediment transport patterns determined from grain size parameters: Overview and state of the art

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 473-488

  Le Roux, J P ^a   Rojas, E M ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Grain size trends; Sediment transport; Sediment trend analysis; STA

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 36049043897     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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