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Modifying the Bank Erosion Hazard Index (BEHI) Protocol for Rapid Assessment of Streambank Erosion in Northeastern Ohio
Published on: February 13, 2015
1976 bedload measurements, East Fork River, Wyoming
1University of California, Berkeley, California 94720.
Abstract:
Quantitative measurements of bedload-transport rate in the East Fork River, Wyoming, show large spatial and temporal variabilities in traction load. The standard deviation for 1-min increments of the mean transport rate is commonly 50-100% of the mean transport rate. The transport rates measured individually over eight equal-length increments of channel width indicate greater than 10-fold variations in transport rates from subwidth sections of minimum transport to subwidth sections of maximum transport.
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