Stream channelization and changing vegetation patterns in the U.S. Coastal Plain

Geographical Review

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 216-232

  Shankman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Channelization; Floodplain; U.S. Coastal Plain; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CHANNELIZATION; DEFORESTATION; FLOODPLAIN; LAND USE CHANGE; RIVER/FLOODPLAIN INTERACTION; VEGETATION CHANGE; WETLANDS;

USA, ATLANTIC COAST, COASTAL PLAIN;

EID: 0030367891     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/215957     Document Type: Article

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