1982/07/01 by Paul A. Carling, Nigel A. Reader
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes #Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies #Soil erosion and sediment transport
paper · doi:10.1002/esp.3290070407
openalex publication_date 1982/07/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Abstract Upland gravel‐bedded streams in the U.K. have received only scant attention from both hydrologists and sedimentologists, but are worthy of further investigation. The sedimentology of three small streams in Teesdale in the Pennines has been examined in detail. Grain‐size characteristics, bedforms, structure, composition and packing characteristics of these deposits are described, and compared where appropriate with published information. It is argued that a fuller appreciation of gravel bed composition and morphology should eventually contribute to an improved understanding of sediment transport and deposition mechanisms, and, hence, to improved accuracy in sediment transport and deposition estimates.