Assessment of intermediate fine sediment storage in a braided river reach (southern French Prealps)

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1318-1332

  Navratil, O ^a   Legout, C ^a   Gateuille, D ^a,b   Esteves, M ^a   Liebault, F ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

Bars; Braided river; Erosion and deposition mechanisms; Fine sediment; Sediment storage; Suspended sediment; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BARS (METAL); EROSION; FLOODS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY;

BRAIDED RIVER; EROSION AND DEPOSITION; FINE SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT STORAGE; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT LOADS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT YIELDS;

RIVERS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BEDLOAD; BRAIDED RIVER; DEPOSITION; DISCHARGE; EROSION; RIVER BASIN; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY;

EID: 77953658719     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7594     Document Type: Article

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