Historical land-cover changes and hydrogeomorphic adjustment in a small Georgia watershed

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 614-635

  Magilligan, Francis J ^a   Stamp, Melissa L ^b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogeomorphic modeling; Land use changes; Revegetation; Watershed

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001420741     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8306.00070     Document Type: Article

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