Downstream patterns of bed material grain size in a large, lowland alluvial river subject to low sediment supply

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Singer, Michael Bliss ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRAVEL; PROGRAMMING THEORY;

ACTIVE ZONES; ALLUVIAL RIVERS; BED MATERIALS; CHANNEL BEDS; DATA SETS; GRAIN SIZES; HYDRAULIC SORTING; IN CHANNELS; LOCAL DEVIATIONS; SEDIMENT MOVEMENTS; SEDIMENT SUPPLIES; TECTONIC HISTORY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ALLUVIAL PLAIN; CHANNEL; GRAIN SIZE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; RIVER; SEDIMENT YIELD;

EID: 59649105723     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007183     Document Type: Article

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