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Title: Sediment transport-storage functions for alluvial reservoirs

Author: Lisle, Thomas E.; Church, Michael

Date: 2000

Source: EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 81(48): F507.

Description: In a drainage network, sediment is routed through a linked series of channel/valley segments (alluvial reservoirs) that are distinguished from their neighbors by their capacity to store and transport sediment.

Keywords: PSW4351, sediment transport, alluvial reservoirs, bed load, channels

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Lisle, Thomas E.; Church, Michael  2000.  Sediment transport-storage functions for alluvial reservoirs.   EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 81(48): F507..