A novel method for measuring the timing of bed erosion during debris flows and floods

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Berger, Catherine ^a,b   McArdell, Brian W ^a   Fritschi, Bruno ^a   Schlunegger, Fritz ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Geological Sciences   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL BED; DEBRIS FLOWS; EROSION SENSORS; FLOOD EVENT; NOVEL METHODS;

DEBRIS; FLOODS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

SENSORS;

DEBRIS FLOW; EROSION RATE; FLOOD DEPOSIT; FLOW VELOCITY; MONITORING SYSTEM; RIVER BED; SENSOR; SURVEYING;

EID: 77249142301     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR007993     Document Type: Article

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