A roughness-corrected index of relative bed stability for regional stream surveys

Geomorphology

Volumn 99, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 150-170

  Kaufmann, Philip R ^a   Faustini, John M ^b   Larsen, David P ^c   Shirazi, Mostafa A ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedform roughness; Environmental indicators; Hydraulic resistance; Rivers streams; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; HYDRAULICS; ROUGHNESS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; STREAM BED; STREAM CHANNEL; THALWEG;

EID: 44849121672     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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