Sediment reservoirs at mountain stream confluences: Dynamics and effects of tributaries dominated by debris-flow and fluvial processes

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1775-1786

  Lancaster, Stephen T ^a   Underwood, Emily F ^a   Frueh, W Terry ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA-AIDED; DEBRIS FLOWS; FLUVIAL PROCESS; FLUVIAL TERRACES; HEAVY-TAILED; IN-CHANNELS; MEAN TRANSIT TIME; MOUNTAIN STREAMS; OREGON COAST; RADIOCARBON AGE; RANDOM LOCATION; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SEDIMENT YIELDS; TRANSIT TIME; TRANSIT-TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; TWO CHANNEL;

DEBRIS; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL CONSERVATION; STORAGE (MATERIALS); STRATIGRAPHY;

DEPOSITS;

DEBRIS FLOW; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL PROCESS; RADIOCARBON DATING; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; STREAM; TERRACE; TRIBUTARY;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049416798     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30175.1     Document Type: Article

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