Sediment transport in an alpine river before and after a dambreak flood event

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 347-353

  Morche, David ^a   Schmidt, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dambreak; Mountain river; Reintal; River load; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ALPINE RIVERS; BAVARIANS; BED LOAD; BED-LOAD TRANSPORT; COARSE MATERIALS; DAM FAILURE; DAM-BREAKS; DISSOLVED LOAD; FIRST YEAR; FLOOD EVENT; HIGH MOUNTAINS; MOUNTAIN RIVERS; OBSERVATION PERIOD; REINTAL; RIVER SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT SOURCES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; FLOODS; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

RIVERS;

BEDLOAD; DAM FAILURE; DISSOLVED LOAD; FLOOD; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BAVARIA; GERMANY; PARTNACH RIVER;

EID: 84857658381     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2263     Document Type: Article

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