Bed mobility on the Deschutes River, Oregon: Tracer gravel results

Geodinamica Acta

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 11-22

  Rovira, Albert ^a   Kondolf, G Mathias ^b  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravel bed; Particles entrainment; Riverbed mobility; Tracers

Indexed keywords

BED ROUGHNESS; BEDLOAD; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ENTRAINMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAVEL BED STREAM; RIVER BED; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; THRESHOLD; TRACER;

DESCHUTES RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45449086723     PISSN: 09853111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/ga.21.11-22     Document Type: Conference Paper

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