Infiltration on alluvial fans in arid environments: Influences of fan morphology

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Blainey, Joan B ^a,c   Pelletier, Jon D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c INTERA Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; ARID ENVIRONMENT; FLOODING; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RANDOM WALK METHOD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 56649094335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JF000792     Document Type: Article

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