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A medium‐term estimate of bedload yield in allt A'Mhuillin, Ben Nevis, Scotland
Author(s) -
Richards Keith,
McCaig Mike
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
earth surface processes and landforms
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1096-9837
pISSN - 0197-9337
DOI - 10.1002/esp.3290100412
Subject(s) - bed load , term (time) , yield (engineering) , hydrology (agriculture) , geology , geomorphology , sediment , geotechnical engineering , sediment transport , physics , materials science , quantum mechanics , metallurgy
The 13‐year average bedload yield of Allt a'Mhuillin is estimated from accumulations in boulder traps to be about 261 km −2 yr −1 . This represents a minimum estimate of the highest average bedload yields likely to be generated from natural British catchments of the order of 10 km 2 in area.