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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-5-571-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-5-571-2017
Research article
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18 Sep 2017
Research article |  | 18 Sep 2017

Possible threshold controls on sediment grain properties of Peruvian coastal river basins

Camille Litty, Fritz Schlunegger, and Willem Viveen

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This paper focuses on the analysis of the properties controlling the grain size in the streams of the western Peruvian Andes. Pebble size distributions in these streams have been compared to fluvial processes and basin properties. The resulting trends and differences in sediment properties seem to have been controlled by threshold conditions upon supply and transport.
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