Estimates of future impacts of degrading streams in the deep loess soil region of western Iowa on private and public infrastructure costs

Engineering Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 255-264

  Morris, Landon L ^a   McVey, Marty J ^b   Lohnes, Robert A ^c   Baumel, C Phillip ^b  

^a Pioneer Hi Bred International   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; STREAM FLOW;

LOESS SOILS; SOIL DEGRADATION;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

DEGRADATION COST; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; INFRASTRUCTURAL DAMAGE; INFRASTRUCTURE COST; LOESS; RIVER DEGRADATION; STREAM DEGRADATION; WATER ECONOMICS;

USA, IOWA;

EID: 0030235988     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(96)00035-X     Document Type: Article

References (5)

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3. Levich, B.A., 1994. Studies of Tractive Force Models on Degrading Streams. Unpublished MSc thesis, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
4. Lohnes, R.A., 1991. A method of estimating land loss associated with stream channel degradation. Eng. Geol. 31: 115-130.
5. Massoudi, H., 1981. Hydraulics of Rriver Bed Degradation, Willow Creek, Iowa. Unpublished MSc thesis, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.