Observations on sediment mobility in a large gravel-bed river

Geomorphology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 326-337

  Mao, Luca ^a   Surian, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bedload; Painted sediments; Partial transport; Tagliamento River; Travel distance

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRAVEL BED STREAM; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOGRAPHY; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGLIAMENTO RIVER;

EID: 70549106058     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.07.015     Document Type: Article

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