Channel responses to varying sediment input: A flume experiment modeled after Redwood Creek, California

Geomorphology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 507-519

  Madej, Mary Ann ^a   Sutherland, Diane G ^b   Lisle, Thomas E ^b   Pryor, Bonnie ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggradation; Degradation; Flume; Sediment transport; Storage

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; BEDLOAD; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DEGRADATION; FLUME EXPERIMENT; GRAVEL BED STREAM; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; REDWOOD CREEK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57349186020     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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