Using sediment impact sensors to improve the morphological sediment budget approach for estimating bedload transport rates

Geomorphology

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 125-134

  Raven, Emma K ^a   Lane, Stuart N ^a   Ferguson, Rob ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coarse sediment; Gravel bed river; Impact sensors; Transport

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; BEDLOAD; CHANNEL CHANGE; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; GRAIN SIZE; GRAVEL BED STREAM; POROSITY; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SENSOR; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77952668611     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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