Sediment entrainment by debris flows: In situ measurements from the headwaters of a steep catchment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  McCoy, S W ^a   Kean, J W ^b   Coe, J A ^b   Tucker, G E ^a   Staley, D M ^b   Wasklewicz, T A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CATCHMENT; COULOMB CRITERION; DEBRIS FLOW; ENTRAINMENT; FLOW FIELD; FLUID PRESSURE; HEADWATER; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; PORE PRESSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 84865516982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JF002278     Document Type: Article

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