Gravel-Bed Rivers

Sediment Cascades: An Integrated Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 241-269

  Church, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bedload; Channel morphology; Glacial deposits; Gravel bed rivers; Mountain and montane environments; Sediment load; Threshold channels; Washload

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860411076     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470682876.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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