Effect of soil texture, tailwater height, and pore-water pressure on the morphodynamics of migrating headcuts in upland concentrated flows

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1867-1877

  Wells, Robert R ^a   Bennett, Sean J ^b   Alonso, Carlos V ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Migrating headcuts; Morphodynamics; Pore water pressure; Soil texture; Tailwater height

Indexed keywords

MIGRATING HEADCUTS; MORPHODYNAMICS; PORE-WATER PRESSURE; SOIL TEXTURE; TAILWATER HEIGHT;

AQUIFERS; LANDFORMS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; STREAM FLOW; TEXTURES; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EROSION;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; ERODIBILITY; FLUID PRESSURE; MORPHODYNAMICS; POREWATER; SOIL EROSION; SOIL TEXTURE; UPLAND REGION;

EID: 70350556832     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1871     Document Type: Article

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