Scale variation of post-glacial sediment yield in Chilliwack Valley, British Columbia

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-243

  Tunnicliffe, Jon F ^a   Church, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drainage basin; Holocene Epoch; Para glacial; Sediment budget; Sediment yield

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE BASIN; HOLOCENES; PARA-GLACIAL; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT YIELD;

BUDGET CONTROL; EROSION; FANS; FORESTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE BASIN; EROSION RATE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CHILLIWACK;

EID: 78851471978     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2093     Document Type: Article

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