Sediment Trend Analysis through the variation of granulometric parameters: A review of theories and applications

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 86, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 15-41

  Poizot, Emmanuel ^a   Méar, Yann ^a   Biscara, Laurie ^a  

^a Cnam/Intechmer   (France)

Author keywords

grain size trend analysis; modelling; review; sediment transport; transport vector

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE; GRANULOMETRY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 36849006507     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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