Chapter 9 Upland gravel-bed rivers with low sediment transport

Developments in Earth Surface Processes

Volumn 7, Issue C, 2005, Pages 141-168

  Church, Michael ^a   Hassan, Marwan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

bed material transport; channel stability; cobble gravel channel; partial sediment transport; sediment supply; selective sediment transport; upland channels

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956848718     PISSN: 09282025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-2025(05)80015-X     Document Type: Article

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