Varying discharge controls on timescales of autogenic storage and release processes in fluvio-deltaic environments: Tank experiments

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Powell, Erica J ^a   Kim, Wonsuck ^a   Muto, Tetsuji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DISCHARGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIMESCALE; WATER;

EID: 84860280465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JF002097     Document Type: Article

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