Sediment transport by runoff on debris-mantled dryland hillslopes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Michaelides, Katerina ^a   Martin, Gareth J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Manchester   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; EROSION; GRAIN SIZE; HILLSLOPE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84865415380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JF002415     Document Type: Article

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