Sediment storage and evacuation in headwater valleys at the transition between debris-flow and fluvial processes

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1027-1030

  Lancaster, Stephen T ^a   Casebeer, Nathan E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Debris flows; Fluvial transport; Radiocarbon dating; Residence time; Sediment budget; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOWS; FLUVIAL TRANSPORT; RADIOCARBON DATING; RESIDENCE TIME; SEDIMENT BUDGET;

EROSION; HYDROLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIGRAPHY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DEBRIS FLOW; FLUVIAL PROCESS; HEADWATER; RADIOCARBON DATING; RESIDENCE TIME; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37448999208     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G239365A.1     Document Type: Article

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