Elementary theory of bed-sediment entrainment by debris flows and avalanches

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Iverson, Richard M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COULOMB CRITERION; DEBRIS AVALANCHE; DEBRIS FLOW; ENTRAINMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84864601811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JF002189     Document Type: Article

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