Influence of bank materials, bed sediment, and riparian vegetation on channel form along a gravel-to-sand transition reach of the Upper Tualatin River, Oregon, USA

Geomorphology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 374-382

  Labbe, Jim M ^a   Hadley, Keith S ^a   Schipper, Aafke M ^b   Leuven, Rob S E W ^b   Gardiner, Christine Perala ^c  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c WaterCycle Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank materials; Channel morphology; Geomorphic threshold; Gravel to sand transition; Tualatin River

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; BOTTOM STRESS; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; COHESIVE SEDIMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAVEL BED STREAM; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VALLEY;

OREGON; TUALATIN BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649702194     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.10.013     Document Type: Article

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