Sediment transfer in steep upland catchments (Northern England, UK): Landform and sediment source coupling

Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences

Volumn 115, Issue , 2010, Pages 165-183

  Warburton, Jeff ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bank erosion; Catchment sediment budgets; Landslides; Sediment yield; Slope channel coupling

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649255369     PISSN: 09300317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-75761-0_11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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