Patterns of grain-size temporal variation of sediment transported by overland flow associated with moving storms: Interpreting soil flume experiments

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2605-2615

  De Lima, J L M P ^a,b   Dinis, P A ^a,b   Souza, C S ^b,e   De Lima, M I P ^b,c   Cunha, P P ^a,b   Azevedo, J M ^a   Singh, V P ^d   Abreu, J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d Texas A and M University   (United States)

^e BVP Engenharia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; FLUME EXPERIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; HYDROGRAPH; OVERLAND FLOW; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORM; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 80053324913     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-2605-2011     Document Type: Article

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