Flow threads in surface run-off: Implications for the assessment of flow properties and friction coefficients in soil erosion and hydraulics investigations

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1011-1026

  Dunkerley, David ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flow threads; Friction coefficients; Microtopography; Surface runf

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

FLOW THREADS; MICROTOPOGRAPHY;

RUNOFF;

FLOW FIELD; FRICTION; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION;

EID: 3843053703     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1086     Document Type: Article

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