A geomorphological justification of river channel reconnaissance surveys

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 455-468

  Downs, Peter W ^a   Thorne, Colin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluvial geomorphology reconnaissance surveys; Geomorphological data engineering; River channel management; River conservation

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL DATA; RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY; RIVER CHANNEL MANAGEMENT; RIVER CONSERVATION;

EID: 0030434920     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/622591     Document Type: Article

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