Sediment supply, grain protrusion, and bedload transport in mountain streams

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Yager, E M ^a   Turowski, J M ^b   Rickenman, D ^b   McArdell, B W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FORECASTING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; BED LOAD; BED-LOAD TRANSPORT; CHANNEL NETWORK; CHANNEL STABILITY; EXTREME EVENTS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; MOUNTAIN STREAMS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RIVER RESTORATION; SEDIMENT AVAILABILITY; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; TRANSPORT EQUATION;

RIVERS;

BEDLOAD; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; DRAINAGE NETWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EXTREME EVENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN BOUNDARY; MOUNTAIN STREAM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; WATER QUALITY; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DRAINAGE BASIN; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW MODELING; RIVER SYSTEM;

EID: 84861372776     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051654     Document Type: Article

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