Bedload transport over run-of-river dams, Delaware, U.S.A.

Geomorphology

Volumn 248, Issue , 2015, Pages 382-395

  Pearson, Adam J ^a   Pizzuto, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluvial geomorphology; Impoundments; Run of river dams; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; BEDLOAD; DAM; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; IMPOUNDMENT; SCOUR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STREAM CHANNEL; WATER DEPTH;

DELAWARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941271905     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.07.025     Document Type: Article

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