Occurrence of cluster microforms in mountain rivers

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-98

  Strom, K B ^a   Papanicolaou, A N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedforms; Clusters; Gravel bed rivers; Mountain rivers; Surface structure

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GRAVEL; LANDFORMS; MICROFORMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

BANKFULL; BED FEATURES; BED SEDIMENTS; BEDFORMS; CHANNEL WIDTHS; CLUSTERS; GRAVEL-BED RIVERS; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MOUNTAIN RIVERS; MOUNTAIN STREAMS; NATURAL RIVERS; NON-DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; PEAK FLOWS; SCALE PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATIONS;

RIVERS;

BEDFORM; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GRAVEL BED STREAM; MOUNTAIN STREAM;

EID: 63049124200     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1693     Document Type: Article

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