Physically-based model of downstream fining in bedrock streams with side input and verification with field data

River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics: RCEM 2007 - Proceedings of the 5th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 571-579

  Chatanantavet, P ^a   Parker, G ^a   Lajeunesse, E ^b   Planton, P ^b   Valla, P ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BED LOAD; CARIBBEAN SEA; DRAG FORCES; FIELD DATA; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLOOD HYDROGRAPHS; GRAIN SIZE; GUADELOUPE; HILLSLOPES; IMPROVED MODELS; MODEL RESULTS; PARTICLE SPLITTING; PEAK FLOWS; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELS; ROCK TYPES; SELECTIVE ENTRAINMENT; SIZE REDUCTIONS; TRANSPORT RELATIONS;

ABRASION; ESTUARIES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIZE DETERMINATION; SORTING; TRIBOLOGY;

RIVERS;

EID: 79960476287     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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