Bar structure in an arid ephemeral stream

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 221, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 57-70

  Hassan, Marwan A ^a   Marren, Philip M ^b   Schwartz, Uri ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Mishmeret   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bar structure; Compound bars; River bed; Sediment transport; Unit bars

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BEDFORM; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DEPOSITION; EPHEMERAL STREAM; FACIES; RIVER BED; SANDBAR; SCOUR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NAHAL ZIN; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 70349758077     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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