A field experiment on the development of sedimentary structures in a gravel-bed river

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1064-1081

  Lamarre, Hélène ^a   Roy, André G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bed stability; Gravel bed rivers; Passive integrated transponder; Sediment transport; Sedimentary structures

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; EROSION; EXPERIMENTS; GRAVEL; MAPS; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SURFACES;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; (LIQUID + LIQUID) EQUILIBRIUM; BED MATERIALS; BED SURFACE; CONTROL SECTIONS; FIELD EXPERIMENTS; FORMATION PROCESSES; GRAVEL BED RIVERS; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); PARTICLE MOTIONS; PASSIVE TRANSPONDERS; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS; TRANSPORT EVENTS; UNDISTURBED (IGC: D6/D7);

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DISPLACEMENT; FIELD METHOD; GRAVEL BED STREAM; PARTICLE MOTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 46649108936     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1602     Document Type: Article

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