Patterns of grain-size dependent sediment transport in low-ordered, ephemeral channels

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 334-346

  Yuill, Brendan T ^a   Nichols, Mary H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ephemeral flow; Sediment transport; Semi arid; Suspended sediment; Wash load

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; CHANNEL BED; COARSE FRACTIONS; COARSER GRAINS; EPHEMERAL CHANNELS; EPHEMERAL FLOW; EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS; FINE FRACTION; FINER GRAINS; FLOW DURATION; GRAIN SIZE; HILLSLOPES; HYDROGRAPHS; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT GRAIN SIZE; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SEMI-ARID; SINGLE GRAINS; SIZE DEPENDENT; SIZE FRACTION; TIME-SCALES; TRANSPORT PATTERNS; WALNUT GULCH; WASH LOAD;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; WATERSHEDS;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

BEDLOAD; ENTRAINMENT; EPHEMERAL STREAM; GRAIN SIZE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEMIARID REGION; STREAM CHANNEL; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATERSHED;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES; WALNUT GULCH;

JUGLANS;

EID: 79951835580     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2041     Document Type: Article

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