Empirical modelling of large scale patterns in river bed surface grain size

Geomorphology

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 189-197

  Snelder, Ton H ^a,b,c   Lamouroux, Nicolas ^b   Pella, Hervé ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UR MALY   (France)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Downstream fining; Ecology; Grain size; Gravel bed rivers; Random forests; Sediment

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE BASIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; GRAVEL BED STREAM; MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER BED; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SORTING;

FRANCE;

EID: 79951772651     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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