Continuous monitoring of bedload discharge in a small, steep sandy channel

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 497, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-50

  Lucía, Ana ^a,b   Recking, Alain ^c   Martín Duque, José F ^a   Storz Peretz, Yael ^d   Laronne, Jonathan B ^d,e  

^a INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Bedload flux; Braiding; Ephemeral stream; Reid type slot sampler; Sand bed channel; Steep stream

Indexed keywords

BED LOAD; BRAIDING; EPHEMERAL STREAMS; REID-TYPE SLOT SAMPLER; SAND-BED CHANNEL; STEEP STREAM;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; TEXTURES;

RIVERS;

BEDLOAD; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; EPHEMERAL STREAM; GRAIN SIZE; GULLY; SAMPLER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

SPAIN;

EID: 84879432281     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.05.034     Document Type: Article

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